Nicholas Matta's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2240195 games
Nicholas Matta, FIDE Master from United States, has 195 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicholas Matta most often opens with 1.d4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White98 games · +40 =24 −34 · 53%
As Black97 games · +34 =18 −45 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening68%67 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%26 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e5 Open Game35%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4
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