John Shakespeare's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 196636 games
John Shakespeare, from Wales, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Shakespeare most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +7 =6 −4 · 59%
As Black19 games · +2 =7 −10 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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