Michael T Botteley's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 189434 games
Michael T Botteley, from England, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael T Botteley most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White18 games · +7 =3 −8 · 47%
As Black16 games · +6 =2 −8 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening24%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 dxc4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense89%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense40%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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