Matthew Clarke's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2127120 games
Matthew Clarke, FIDE Master from Australia, has 120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Clarke most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White60 games · +19 =5 −36 · 36%
As Black60 games · +19 =2 −39 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%45 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening15%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
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