Richard O'Donovan's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 1954129 games
Richard O'Donovan, from Ireland, has 129 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard O'Donovan most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White72 games · +31 =10 −31 · 50%
As Black57 games · +15 =14 −28 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%70 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%26 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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