Joe Fathallah's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 1964298 games
Joe Fathallah, from Wales, has 298 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joe Fathallah most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White148 games · +49 =41 −58 · 47%
As Black150 games · +42 =44 −64 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%142 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.f4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense96%77 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense4%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense76%34 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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