Paul Macklin's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 230486 games
Paul Macklin, FIDE Master from England, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Macklin most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +15 =21 −4 · 64%
As Black46 games · +9 =28 −9 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%40 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense10%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d628%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
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