Brendan Lyons's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 1831176 games
Brendan Lyons, from Ireland, has 176 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brendan Lyons most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White82 games · +24 =24 −34 · 44%
As Black94 games · +16 =25 −53 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%70 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense54%28 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game78%18 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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