John Upper's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 1973161 games
John Upper, from Canada, has 161 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Upper most often opens with 1.c4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White83 games · +19 =5 −59 · 26%
As Black78 games · +16 =6 −56 · 24%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening67%54 games · scores 26% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%32 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense13%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%23 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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