Kent Slate's chess openings
CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2154290 games
Kent Slate, Candidate Master from United States, has 290 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kent Slate most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White155 games · +92 =14 −49 · 64%
As Black135 games · +59 =19 −57 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%122 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%30 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%41 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense30%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%34 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d69%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6
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