John MacArthur's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1972116 games
John MacArthur, from United States, has 116 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John MacArthur most often opens with 1.e4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White56 games · +19 =12 −25 · 45%
As Black60 games · +16 =8 −36 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%18 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense36%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%21 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
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