Michael Adams's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 25973,890 games
Michael Adams, Grandmaster from England, has 3,890 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Adams most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,963 games · +925 =826 −212 · 68%
As Black1,927 games · +594 =995 −338 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%1,800 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%103 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening3%51 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game81%646 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%87 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%18 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%695 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d66%47 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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