Matthias Bach's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2222955 games
Matthias Bach, FIDE Master from Germany, has 955 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Bach most often opens with 1.d4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White479 games · +205 =90 −184 · 52%
As Black476 games · +148 =83 −245 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening82%382 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%26 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.a3 g6 3.b4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%21 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%99 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...e5 Open Game39%85 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%21 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%112 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%34 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...d610%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.e4 c5
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