John Farrell's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 190181 games
John Farrell, from United States, has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Farrell most often opens with 1.c4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White39 games · +19 =12 −8 · 64%
As Black42 games · +9 =15 −18 · 39%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening100%39 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game90%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
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