S IRL Collins's chess openings
IM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2462787 games
S IRL Collins, International Master from Ireland, has 787 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, S IRL Collins most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White408 games · +190 =138 −80 · 63%
As Black379 games · +138 =136 −105 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%300 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%37 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening9%35 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game59%107 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%42 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%57 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%45 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c5
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