Matthew J Turner's chess openings
GM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 24601,127 games
Matthew J Turner, Grandmaster from Scotland, has 1,127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew J Turner most often opens with 1.d4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White560 games · +279 =198 −83 · 68%
As Black567 games · +204 =261 −102 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%195 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%167 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening22%124 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game52%144 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%113 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%132 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%47 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
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