Ian Sinclair's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 229541 games
Ian Sinclair, from Scotland, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ian Sinclair most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +6 =5 −5 · 53%
As Black25 games · +9 =13 −3 · 62%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening31%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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