Bruce R Watson's chess openings
FM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 229496 games
Bruce R Watson, FIDE Master from New Zealand, has 96 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bruce R Watson most often opens with 1.c4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White39 games · +13 =19 −7 · 58%
As Black57 games · +21 =14 −22 · 49%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening67%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 f5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game10%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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