Murphy, R.'s chess openings
Peak rating 220057 games
Murphy, R. has 57 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Murphy, R. most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +8 =8 −18 · 35%
As Black23 games · +2 =8 −13 · 26%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%29 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...e5 Open Game13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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