Norman Whitaker's chess openings
53 games
Norman Whitaker has 53 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Norman Whitaker most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White23 games · +9 =2 −12 · 43%
As Black30 games · +8 =4 −18 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game87%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
- 1...e6 French Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game77%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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