McDonald, Jo's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 198724 games
McDonald, Jo, from New Zealand, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, McDonald, Jo most often opens with 1.e4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White12 games · +3 =4 −5 · 42%
As Black12 games · +4 =2 −6 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening58%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening42%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Bg5 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c3 b6
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