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Dermot Murtagh's chess openings

🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 195421 games

Dermot Murtagh, from Ireland, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dermot Murtagh most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White12 games · +2 =1 −9 · 21%
As Black9 games · +2 =2 −5 · 33%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+

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