Joseph McPhillips's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2355354 games
Joseph McPhillips, International Master from England, has 354 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph McPhillips most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White183 games · +77 =50 −56 · 56%
As Black171 games · +88 =37 −46 · 62%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%137 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense85%62 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.g3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game7%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense40%23 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%14 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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