Mark Lyell's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2169153 games
Mark Lyell, FIDE Master from England, has 153 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Lyell most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White91 games · +30 =19 −42 · 43%
As Black62 games · +13 =9 −40 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%90 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game85%28 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense61%11 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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