Shephard, C's chess openings
🇿🇼 ZimbabwePeak rating 222244 games
Shephard, C, from Zimbabwe, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shephard, C most often opens with 1.c4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +8 =6 −6 · 55%
As Black24 games · +8 =12 −4 · 58%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening75%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense44%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Bf4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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