Martin R Taylor's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2318203 games
Martin R Taylor, FIDE Master from England, has 203 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Martin R Taylor most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White101 games · +40 =36 −25 · 57%
As Black102 games · +30 =37 −35 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%64 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening33%33 games · scores 41% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game73%37 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense27%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game93%25 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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