Nicholas Moloney's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 219178 games
Nicholas Moloney, from England, has 78 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicholas Moloney most often opens with 1.d4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +15 =6 −13 · 53%
As Black44 games · +16 =15 −13 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening18%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense46%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense35%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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