Roy Thomas's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 1798104 games
Roy Thomas, from Wales, has 104 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roy Thomas most often opens with 1.f4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White52 games · +26 =5 −21 · 55%
As Black52 games · +12 =5 −35 · 28%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening79%41 games · scores 59% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6
- 1.c4 English Opening17%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%33 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense87%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5
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