Alexander Shaffer's chess openings
🇵🇷 Puerto RicoFIDE 167459 games
Alexander Shaffer, from Puerto Rico, has 59 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Shaffer most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White23 games · +5 =4 −14 · 30%
As Black36 games · +9 =7 −20 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+
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