Brian McLaren's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 1977238 games
Brian McLaren, from Canada, has 238 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brian McLaren most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White121 games · +50 =15 −56 · 48%
As Black117 games · +32 =16 −69 · 34%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%108 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening11%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense81%48 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense24%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense9%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.Nc3 Bd6
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