Erik Malmstig's chess openings
FM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2209270 games
Erik Malmstig, FIDE Master from Sweden, has 270 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erik Malmstig most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White146 games · +65 =21 −60 · 52%
As Black124 games · +50 =24 −50 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%101 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening12%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%29 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game10%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%45 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d66%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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