William J Taylor's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2000104 games
William J Taylor, from England, has 104 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William J Taylor most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White47 games · +14 =14 −19 · 45%
As Black57 games · +14 =17 −26 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%45 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game86%25 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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