William Wharton's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 228920 games
William Wharton, FIDE Master from United States, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Wharton most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +2 =3 −4 · 39%
As Black11 games · +5 =3 −3 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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