Alexander Matthaei's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2363160 games
Alexander Matthaei, FIDE Master from Germany, has 160 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Matthaei most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White80 games · +39 =18 −23 · 60%
As Black80 games · +28 =24 −28 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%55 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense14%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%24 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5
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