Melvyn King's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 191032 games
Melvyn King, from Ireland, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Melvyn King most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +1 =2 −13 · 13%
As Black16 games · +2 =7 −7 · 34%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game60%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1
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