Todd Southam's chess openings
Peak rating 2455142 games
Todd Southam has 142 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Todd Southam most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White69 games · +35 =17 −17 · 63%
As Black73 games · +27 =20 −26 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%68 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game93%38 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
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