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Mark McGrath's chess openings

🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 188420 games

Mark McGrath, from Ireland, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark McGrath most often opens with 1.e4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White10 games · +2 =3 −5 · 35%
As Black10 games · +3 =2 −5 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.d4 Bf5
  3. 1.c4 English Opening11%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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