John Delaney's chess openings
FM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2161220 games
John Delaney, FIDE Master from Ireland, has 220 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Delaney most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White119 games · +46 =32 −41 · 52%
As Black101 games · +36 =18 −47 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%98 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening7%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%41 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense8%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense21%6 games · scores 92% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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