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David Shepherd's chess openings

Peak rating 203417 games

David Shepherd has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Shepherd most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%
As Black13 games · +1 =3 −9 · 19%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 d6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense100%
    5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%
    5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game38%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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