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Keith Allen's chess openings

🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2098203 games

Keith Allen, from Ireland, has 203 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Keith Allen most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White101 games · +37 =27 −37 · 50%
As Black102 games · +24 =27 −51 · 37%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%
    97 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game58%
    28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%
    10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%
    8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense31%
    10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game19%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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