Matthew Bengtson's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 225058 games
Matthew Bengtson, FIDE Master from United States, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Bengtson most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White28 games · +7 =14 −7 · 50%
As Black30 games · +5 =7 −18 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening39%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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