Burkhard Malich's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2323559 games
Burkhard Malich, Grandmaster from Germany, has 559 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Burkhard Malich most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White259 games · +84 =141 −34 · 60%
As Black300 games · +68 =172 −60 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%183 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%42 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%23 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%106 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%32 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%9 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%68 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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