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William Kelleher's chess openings

FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 229690 games

William Kelleher, FIDE Master from United States, has 90 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Kelleher most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White45 games · +26 =10 −9 · 69%
As Black45 games · +19 =10 −16 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%
    44 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%
    21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game91%
    10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

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