Matthew P Dignam's chess openings
CM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2146188 games
Matthew P Dignam, Candidate Master from Ireland, has 188 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew P Dignam most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White95 games · +46 =22 −27 · 60%
As Black93 games · +36 =17 −40 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%52 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense49%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 French Defense24%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense59%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d634%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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