Neil Irving's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 188486 games
Neil Irving, from Scotland, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Neil Irving most often opens with 1.Nf3 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White44 games · +16 =10 −18 · 48%
As Black42 games · +15 =12 −15 · 50%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening65%28 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense47%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense32%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game69%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense31%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6
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