Walter Shipman's chess openings
Peak rating 2425150 games
Walter Shipman has 150 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Walter Shipman most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White57 games · +24 =15 −18 · 55%
As Black93 games · +26 =39 −28 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game92%46 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense4%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game69%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
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