John Loughran's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 178994 games
John Loughran, from Ireland, has 94 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Loughran most often opens with 1.e4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White47 games · +16 =13 −18 · 48%
As Black47 games · +7 =5 −35 · 20%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening51%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense72%18 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game69%9 games · scores 11% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Qb3 Nc6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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