Mark Taylor's chess openings
Peak rating 2152127 games
Mark Taylor has 127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Taylor most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White63 games · +20 =25 −18 · 52%
As Black64 games · +20 =23 −21 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%47 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense68%25 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d621%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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