William Howard McNutt's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 184535 games
William Howard McNutt, from United States, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Howard McNutt most often opens with 1.d4 (80% 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 White20 games · +8 =0 −12 · 40%
As Black15 games · +5 =2 −8 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense71%5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5
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