P NZL Macdonald's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 191837 games
P NZL Macdonald, from New Zealand, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, P NZL Macdonald most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White19 games · +7 =6 −6 · 53%
As Black18 games · +8 =1 −9 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack47%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 e6 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense88%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d6100%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7
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