James T Sherwin's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2246291 games
James T Sherwin, International Master from England, has 291 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James T Sherwin most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White142 games · +49 =55 −38 · 54%
As Black149 games · +42 =42 −65 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%85 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%25 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%45 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense12%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%23 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game39%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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