Joseph Whelan's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 171335 games
Joseph Whelan, from England, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph Whelan most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White18 games · +11 =3 −4 · 69%
As Black17 games · +8 =0 −9 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%15 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense67%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense43%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 e6
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