Daniel Malek's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2299338 games
Daniel Malek, FIDE Master from Germany, has 338 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Malek most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White165 games · +83 =48 −34 · 65%
As Black173 games · +49 =61 −63 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%88 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%41 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening20%33 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense43%26 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game31%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%53 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5
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