Philippe Kesmaecker's chess openings
FM🇲🇨 MonacoFIDE 222738 games
Philippe Kesmaecker, FIDE Master from Monaco, has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Philippe Kesmaecker most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +5 =9 −4 · 53%
As Black20 games · +3 =7 −10 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
- 1.b4 Polish Opening44%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.Nf3 f6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense23%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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