Mike J Surtees's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2032326 games
Mike J Surtees, from England, has 326 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mike J Surtees most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White172 games · +88 =27 −57 · 59%
As Black154 games · +59 =19 −76 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%163 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1.c3 Saragossa Opening3%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c3 d5 2.f4 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense74%55 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense12%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense44%25 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
- 1...c637%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 f6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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