Neil Staples's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 183511 games
Neil Staples, from England, has 11 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Neil Staples most often opens with 1.f4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White5 games · +1 =2 −2 · 40%
As Black6 games · +1 =1 −4 · 25%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening40%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening40%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense60%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.Bf4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
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