Phileas Mathieu's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2405597 games
Phileas Mathieu, International Master from France, has 597 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Phileas Mathieu most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White298 games · +142 =52 −104 · 56%
As Black299 games · +111 =50 −138 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%238 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.a36%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.a3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.e3 Be7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%16 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%79 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%39 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense8%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%94 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%7 games · scores 29% · 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.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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