Alexander Oliver Mai's chess openings
CM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2137373 games
Alexander Oliver Mai, Candidate Master from Iceland, has 373 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Oliver Mai most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White186 games · +62 =53 −71 · 48%
As Black187 games · +51 =45 −91 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%147 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%18 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%45 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%32 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%56 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%10 games · scores 5% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
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