Max Illingworth's chess openings
GM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2493567 games
Max Illingworth, Grandmaster from Australia, has 567 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Max Illingworth most often opens with 1.d4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White286 games · +160 =69 −57 · 68%
As Black281 games · +127 =70 −84 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%117 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%115 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%25 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%44 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense16%18 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%65 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%29 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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