Declan Shafi's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2181286 games
Declan Shafi, from Scotland, has 286 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Declan Shafi most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White143 games · +69 =27 −47 · 58%
As Black143 games · +54 =31 −58 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%103 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%44 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%43 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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