Jan H Timman's chess openings
Peak rating 26803,626 games
Jan H Timman has 3,626 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan H Timman most often opens with 1.e4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,830 games · +738 =789 −303 · 62%
As Black1,796 games · +503 =821 −472 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%829 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%569 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%211 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game31%220 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense28%199 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%115 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%588 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%41 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5
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