Timothy Taylor's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2121427 games
Timothy Taylor, International Master from United States, has 427 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Timothy Taylor most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White209 games · +90 =43 −76 · 53%
As Black218 games · +78 =43 −97 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%107 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%62 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening17%36 games · scores 39% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%47 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%37 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense15%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%39 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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