Richard John Sutton's chess openings
Peak rating 231585 games
Richard John Sutton has 85 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard John Sutton most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +15 =13 −14 · 51%
As Black43 games · +11 =21 −11 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense36%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
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