Sam Murray's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 178324 games
Sam Murray, from Ireland, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sam Murray most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White11 games · +1 =4 −6 · 27%
As Black13 games · +4 =2 −7 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bd7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Be7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5
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