Clive L Waters's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 200699 games
Clive L Waters, from England, has 99 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Clive L Waters most often opens with 1.Nf3 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White40 games · +12 =11 −17 · 44%
As Black59 games · +10 =20 −29 · 34%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening43%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense30%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game26%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense42%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+
- 1...d5 Closed Game32%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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