Spanton, T's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2035642 games
Spanton, T, from England, has 642 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Spanton, T most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White325 games · +107 =82 −136 · 46%
As Black317 games · +97 =67 −153 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%185 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening21%67 games · scores 47% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%50 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%77 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%74 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game92%84 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense7%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 d5
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