Jonathan McKay's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2016128 games
Jonathan McKay, from Scotland, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jonathan McKay most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White63 games · +25 =11 −27 · 48%
As Black65 games · +21 =13 −31 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%42 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%17 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game13%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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