John M Taylor's chess openings
29 games
John M Taylor has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John M Taylor most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White10 games · +4 =4 −2 · 60%
As Black19 games · +3 =3 −13 · 24%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%13 games · scores 12% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
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