Alan Minnican's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2039125 games
Alan Minnican, from Scotland, has 125 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alan Minnican most often opens with 1.d4 (28% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White57 games · +15 =21 −21 · 45%
As Black68 games · +20 =21 −27 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense8%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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