John Joyce's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 198564 games
John Joyce, from Ireland, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Joyce most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +8 =9 −12 · 43%
As Black35 games · +5 =16 −14 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 b6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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