Murray Smith's chess openings
🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 218839 games
Murray Smith, from Australia, has 39 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Murray Smith most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +7 =5 −6 · 53%
As Black21 games · +7 =2 −12 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening22%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e5 Open Game31%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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