Niall P. Whelan's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 160621 games
Niall P. Whelan, from Ireland, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niall P. Whelan most often opens with 1.e4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White12 games · +2 =2 −8 · 25%
As Black9 games · +1 =1 −7 · 17%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening45%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening36%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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