Salvatore Matera's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2359108 games
Salvatore Matera, International Master from United States, has 108 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Salvatore Matera most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White57 games · +18 =26 −13 · 54%
As Black51 games · +14 =20 −17 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%30 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%24 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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