Ben McIlroy's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 19079 games
Ben McIlroy, from Ireland, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ben McIlroy most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.
As White5 games · +2 =2 −1 · 60%
As Black4 games · +1 =0 −3 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 g6
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