Colm Daly's chess openings
FM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2147661 games
Colm Daly, FIDE Master from Ireland, has 661 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Colm Daly most often opens with 1.Nf3 (26% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White318 games · +142 =80 −96 · 57%
As Black343 games · +133 =77 −133 · 50%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%83 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening25%80 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%71 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%120 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense24%42 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%92 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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