Itzhak Ben Menachem's chess openings
FM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 223282 games
Itzhak Ben Menachem, FIDE Master from Israel, has 82 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Itzhak Ben Menachem most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White40 games · +8 =21 −11 · 46%
As Black42 games · +10 =19 −13 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%39 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game84%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
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