Mike Blankenau's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 224844 games
Mike Blankenau, from United States, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mike Blankenau most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White21 games · +10 =5 −6 · 60%
As Black23 games · +4 =6 −13 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening29%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense83%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game90%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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