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John N Sugden's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 1894252 games

John N Sugden, from England, has 252 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John N Sugden most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White130 games · +37 =58 −35 · 51%
As Black122 games · +34 =38 −50 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%
    65 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%
    63 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%
    35 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense39%
    22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    42 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5

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