Henry Vital's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 190418 games
Henry Vital, from New Zealand, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Henry Vital most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White9 games · +3 =1 −5 · 39%
As Black9 games · +3 =4 −2 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense40%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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