Marcus R Harvey's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 24681,175 games
Marcus R Harvey, International Master from England, has 1,175 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcus R Harvey most often opens with 1.Nf3 (31% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White594 games · +314 =132 −148 · 64%
As Black581 games · +259 =149 −173 · 57%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%171 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening23%129 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%111 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense41%110 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense41%109 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game9%24 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%119 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense18%34 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%19 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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