O'Connor, E's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 195064 games
O'Connor, E, from Ireland, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, O'Connor, E most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White26 games · +6 =5 −15 · 33%
As Black38 games · +7 =10 −21 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%14 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense43%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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