Craig Skehan's chess openings
🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaFIDE 179545 games
Craig Skehan, from Papua New Guinea, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Craig Skehan most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White13 games · +2 =2 −9 · 23%
As Black32 games · +2 =2 −28 · 9%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%11 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 cxd4 3.cxd4 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game86%18 games · scores 3% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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