Patrick Carton's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 1967107 games
Patrick Carton, from Ireland, has 107 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Patrick Carton most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White61 games · +20 =22 −19 · 51%
As Black46 games · +17 =13 −16 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%53 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense55%17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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