Stephen Murdoch's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 161314 games
Stephen Murdoch, from New Zealand, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Murdoch most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White5 games · +3 =2 −0 · 80%
As Black9 games · +0 =2 −7 · 11%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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