John Merriman's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 22208 games
John Merriman, FIDE Master from England, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Merriman most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White5 games · +4 =0 −1 · 80%
As Black3 games · +3 =0 −0 · 100%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5
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