Akira Watanabe's chess openings
FM🇯🇵 JapanFIDE 2206265 games
Akira Watanabe, FIDE Master from Japan, has 265 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Akira Watanabe most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White139 games · +57 =22 −60 · 49%
As Black126 games · +41 =22 −63 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%134 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense99%66 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%20 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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