Matthew Grimley's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 182139 games
Matthew Grimley, from England, has 39 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Grimley most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White20 games · +6 =5 −9 · 43%
As Black19 games · +7 =5 −7 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense30%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6
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