Cathal Keenan's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 212940 games
Cathal Keenan, from Ireland, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cathal Keenan most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White22 games · +8 =10 −4 · 59%
As Black18 games · +7 =4 −7 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%20 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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