David Sherman's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 183349 games
David Sherman, from United States, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Sherman most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White25 games · +15 =6 −4 · 72%
As Black24 games · +7 =10 −7 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%17 games · scores 76% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense36%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...d625%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bf4 c6
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