Gerard MacElligott's chess openings
CM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 1935152 games
Gerard MacElligott, Candidate Master from Ireland, has 152 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gerard MacElligott most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White81 games · +27 =23 −31 · 48%
As Black71 games · +20 =20 −31 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%47 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%23 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense38%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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