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John Merill Jacutina's chess openings

FM🇵🇭 PhilippinesFIDE 207365 games

John Merill Jacutina, FIDE Master from Philippines, has 65 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Merill Jacutina most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White32 games · +18 =6 −8 · 66%
As Black33 games · +15 =5 −13 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%
    16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%
    13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening6%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense40%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense27%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
  3. 1...d617%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5

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