MacDonald, J's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 191927 games
MacDonald, J, from Canada, has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, MacDonald, J most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +3 =4 −9 · 31%
As Black11 games · +3 =2 −6 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game88%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.g3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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