Matias Halac's chess openings
CM🇦🇷 ArgentinaFIDE 2261122 games
Matias Halac, Candidate Master from Argentina, has 122 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matias Halac most often opens with 1.c4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White60 games · +21 =7 −32 · 41%
As Black62 games · +27 =5 −30 · 48%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening93%56 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense79%22 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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