Christian Thornton's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 177849 games
Christian Thornton, from United States, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Thornton most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White25 games · +8 =1 −16 · 34%
As Black24 games · +4 =2 −18 · 21%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%18 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game64%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense27%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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