John C Saunders's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 216079 games
John C Saunders, from Wales, has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John C Saunders most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White42 games · +10 =17 −15 · 44%
As Black37 games · +5 =9 −23 · 26%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%33 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.c4 English Opening21%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense41%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense41%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense47%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d67%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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