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Andy Woodward's chess openings

GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 26191,001 games

Andy Woodward, Grandmaster from United States, has 1,001 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Andy Woodward most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White494 games · +273 =113 −108 · 67%
As Black507 games · +255 =117 −135 · 62%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%
    400 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
  2. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack6%
    31 games · scores 81% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%
    24 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%
    196 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game19%
    49 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense3%
    7 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%
    107 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game21%
    30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%
    6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e4 cxd4

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