Michael Dougherty's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2146418 games
Michael Dougherty, FIDE Master from Canada, has 418 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Dougherty most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White208 games · +87 =53 −68 · 55%
As Black210 games · +82 =46 −82 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%111 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%44 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%43 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%64 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%19 games · scores 16% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense12%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense49%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
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