Darren McKennis's chess openings
CM🇯🇲 JamaicaFIDE 205971 games
Darren McKennis, Candidate Master from Jamaica, has 71 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Darren McKennis most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White38 games · +20 =4 −14 · 58%
As Black33 games · +13 =3 −17 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense94%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game89%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
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