Mark Cleary's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 205931 games
Mark Cleary, from England, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Cleary most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White15 games · +7 =1 −7 · 50%
As Black16 games · +6 =3 −7 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game89%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
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