Charles Riordan's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 227956 games
Charles Riordan, FIDE Master from United States, has 56 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Charles Riordan most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White21 games · +7 =6 −8 · 48%
As Black35 games · +15 =11 −9 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense14%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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