Marek Matlak's chess openings
IM🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2479481 games
Marek Matlak, International Master from Poland, has 481 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marek Matlak most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White191 games · +66 =104 −21 · 62%
As Black290 games · +62 =178 −50 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%135 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%44 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense86%127 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense10%14 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game87%73 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5
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