John MacPhail's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 229928 games
John MacPhail, FIDE Master from Canada, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John MacPhail most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +6 =1 −7 · 46%
As Black14 games · +5 =8 −1 · 64%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e5 Open Game11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6
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