David Sands's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 2121146 games
David Sands, from Wales, has 146 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Sands most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White67 games · +23 =36 −8 · 61%
As Black79 games · +12 =51 −16 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%64 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%36 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense10%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game81%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5
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