Carl Strugnell's chess openings
FM🏴 WalesFIDE 2211366 games
Carl Strugnell, FIDE Master from Wales, has 366 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carl Strugnell most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White194 games · +80 =17 −97 · 46%
As Black172 games · +55 =36 −81 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%152 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%42 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%40 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%41 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
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