Richard Wessman's chess openings
IM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2399275 games
Richard Wessman, International Master from Sweden, has 275 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Wessman most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White135 games · +53 =54 −28 · 59%
As Black140 games · +37 =56 −47 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%100 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%21 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%33 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense36%27 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense9%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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