Ray O'Rourke's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 1850122 games
Ray O'Rourke, from Ireland, has 122 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ray O'Rourke 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...Nf6.
As White60 games · +24 =9 −27 · 48%
As Black62 games · +11 =11 −40 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%53 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Bxc3
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%25 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Be7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%15 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.Nd2 Ngf6
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