Tom O'Donnell's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2332247 games
Tom O'Donnell, International Master from Canada, has 247 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tom O'Donnell most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White140 games · +54 =61 −25 · 60%
As Black107 games · +34 =49 −24 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%123 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%33 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense25%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...e6 French Defense4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game92%33 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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