John Thornton's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 205472 games
John Thornton, from Wales, has 72 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Thornton most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White30 games · +5 =9 −16 · 32%
As Black42 games · +7 =16 −19 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%17 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening34%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense67%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense17%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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