Lyell, M's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 21692,004 games
Lyell, M, FIDE Master from England, has 2,004 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lyell, M most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White1,021 games · +382 =268 −371 · 51%
As Black983 games · +285 =235 −463 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%972 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%26 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%218 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense26%122 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense21%101 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%106 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%100 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense24%78 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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