Brian McCarthy's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 220970 games
Brian McCarthy, from United States, has 70 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brian McCarthy most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White32 games · +15 =9 −8 · 61%
As Black38 games · +15 =8 −15 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.c4 English Opening6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense72%18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense12%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense8%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6
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