Alex Byrne's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 197055 games
Alex Byrne, from Ireland, has 55 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Byrne most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +12 =6 −11 · 52%
As Black26 games · +7 =4 −15 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%26 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.a3 g6 3.b4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.c4 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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