Craig Van Tilbury's chess openings
Peak rating 2350109 games
Craig Van Tilbury has 109 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Craig Van Tilbury most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White60 games · +30 =14 −16 · 62%
As Black49 games · +19 =18 −12 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%60 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%16 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense15%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
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