Guy West's chess openings
IM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2267369 games
Guy West, International Master from Australia, has 369 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Guy West most often opens with 1.e4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White201 games · +107 =62 −32 · 69%
As Black168 games · +53 =55 −60 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening71%143 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%44 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%41 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense15%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense14%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%20 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d621%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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