Mel O'Cinneide's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2105180 games
Mel O'Cinneide, from Ireland, has 180 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mel O'Cinneide most often opens with 1.c4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White88 games · +34 =21 −33 · 51%
As Black92 games · +24 =20 −48 · 37%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening77%68 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense52%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e6 French Defense36%15 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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