Kevin C McCarthy's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 1898132 games
Kevin C McCarthy, from England, has 132 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kevin C McCarthy most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White67 games · +26 =16 −25 · 51%
As Black65 games · +18 =10 −37 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%48 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening15%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense65%24 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense19%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e5 Open Game16%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Bc4 Bxc3
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense47%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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