Shepherd, M's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 198128 games
Shepherd, M, from Scotland, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shepherd, M most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White15 games · +1 =6 −8 · 27%
As Black13 games · +6 =1 −6 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
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