Cian Ward's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2095187 games
Cian Ward, from England, has 187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cian Ward most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White101 games · +46 =30 −25 · 60%
As Black86 games · +20 =24 −42 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%91 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense93%39 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game7%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense68%17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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