Daire McMahon's chess openings
Peak rating 2335122 games
Daire McMahon has 122 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daire McMahon most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White53 games · +21 =12 −20 · 51%
As Black69 games · +25 =18 −26 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%41 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game88%36 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6
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