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Tom McCoy's chess openings

CM🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaFIDE 176751 games

Tom McCoy, Candidate Master from Papua New Guinea, has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tom McCoy most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White22 games · +8 =4 −10 · 45%
As Black29 games · +9 =2 −18 · 34%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense54%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense23%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game67%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 a6

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