Neil Taylor's chess openings
🏴 England17 games
Neil Taylor, from England, has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Neil Taylor most often opens with 1.c4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White8 games · +2 =2 −4 · 38%
As Black9 games · +1 =1 −7 · 17%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening63%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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