John McCarthy's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 231011 games
John McCarthy, FIDE Master from United States, has 11 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John McCarthy most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.
As White7 games · +3 =3 −1 · 64%
As Black4 games · +2 =0 −2 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...e5 Open Game25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
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