David Southam's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 1767158 games
David Southam, from Canada, has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Southam most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White76 games · +27 =19 −30 · 48%
As Black82 games · +22 =28 −32 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%42 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%28 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense40%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense19%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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