Jim McCarthy's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 231035 games
Jim McCarthy, FIDE Master from United States, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jim McCarthy most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +5 =5 −7 · 44%
As Black18 games · +6 =5 −7 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense40%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5
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