Zeljko Matic's chess openings
CM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 208395 games
Zeljko Matic, Candidate Master from Croatia, has 95 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zeljko Matic most often opens with 1.Nf3 (30% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White40 games · +19 =8 −13 · 57%
As Black55 games · +13 =22 −20 · 44%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%12 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack25%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening23%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense35%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense18%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense54%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...d623%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 Nf6
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