Christopher Ward's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2379573 games
Christopher Ward, Grandmaster from England, has 573 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christopher Ward most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White320 games · +141 =121 −58 · 63%
As Black253 games · +110 =84 −59 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%281 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%25 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%134 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%71 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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