Robert Shaw's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 220948 games
Robert Shaw, FIDE Master from England, has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Robert Shaw most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White22 games · +8 =10 −4 · 59%
As Black26 games · +7 =8 −11 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game33%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.a3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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