Jan Malek's chess openings
GM🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2596982 games
Jan Malek, Grandmaster from Poland, has 982 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Malek most often opens with 1.e4 (32% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White500 games · +273 =96 −131 · 64%
As Black482 games · +209 =99 −174 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%159 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%153 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%83 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%88 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%57 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%38 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%86 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%39 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense12%18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7
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