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Frank Thornally's chess openings

FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 194844 games

Frank Thornally, FIDE Master from United States, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Frank Thornally most often opens with 1.e4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White19 games · +4 =3 −12 · 29%
As Black25 games · +5 =8 −12 · 36%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%
    8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  3. 1.c4 English Opening16%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game94%
    16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game75%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5

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