Donald Byrne's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandPeak rating 2475191 games
Donald Byrne, from Ireland, has 191 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Donald Byrne most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White103 games · +34 =43 −26 · 54%
As Black88 games · +20 =31 −37 · 40%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%52 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening24%25 games · scores 54% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%40 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%25 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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