Derek Alan Sheppard's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 179586 games
Derek Alan Sheppard, from England, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Derek Alan Sheppard most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White44 games · +3 =20 −21 · 30%
As Black42 games · +1 =12 −29 · 17%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%31 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening18%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 e5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense48%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%7 games · scores 7% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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