Edward W Formanek's chess openings
Peak rating 2495347 games
Edward W Formanek has 347 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Edward W Formanek most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White178 games · +69 =44 −65 · 51%
As Black169 games · +53 =59 −57 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%116 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%59 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense38%38 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%31 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%20 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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