Niall Clarke's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 191847 games
Niall Clarke, from England, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niall Clarke most often opens with 1.e4 (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 White23 games · +6 =3 −14 · 33%
As Black24 games · +13 =2 −9 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%22 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game87%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 Bf5
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