Marcus Edward Taylor's chess openings
Peak rating 207012 games
Marcus Edward Taylor has 12 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcus Edward Taylor most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense.
As White4 games · +2 =0 −2 · 50%
As Black8 games · +1 =4 −3 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6
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