Michael Backman's chess openings
🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 207424 games
Michael Backman, from Sweden, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Backman 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 White11 games · +1 =2 −8 · 18%
As Black13 games · +3 =0 −10 · 23%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening82%9 games · scores 11% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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