Richard Thomas's chess openings
Peak rating 231061 games
Richard Thomas has 61 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Thomas most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White29 games · +9 =15 −5 · 57%
As Black32 games · +7 =9 −16 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening24%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.f4 b6 3.b3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense24%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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