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Paul MacDonald's chess openings

8 games

Paul MacDonald has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul MacDonald most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White3 games · +0 =3 −0 · 50%
As Black5 games · +0 =4 −1 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5

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