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Joey Grochal's chess openings

FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2241992 games

Joey Grochal, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 992 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joey Grochal most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White492 games · +222 =78 −192 · 53%
As Black500 games · +192 =79 −229 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%
    344 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%
    142 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%
    184 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game26%
    64 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%
    136 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game6%
    8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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