Alan Tate's chess openings
FM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2279741 games
Alan Tate, FIDE Master from Scotland, has 741 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alan Tate most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White370 games · +150 =92 −128 · 53%
As Black371 games · +91 =86 −194 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%236 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%78 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%46 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%74 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game36%62 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%29 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense46%58 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%55 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7
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