Tim McCarthy's chess openings
35 games
Tim McCarthy has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tim McCarthy most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +7 =3 −6 · 53%
As Black19 games · +5 =2 −12 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game82%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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