Matthew Bailey's chess openings
CMANTFIDE 1638180 games
Matthew Bailey, Candidate Master, has 180 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Bailey most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White97 games · +26 =7 −64 · 30%
As Black83 games · +19 =7 −57 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%59 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%37 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense57%27 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%20 games · scores 15% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%27 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f64%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f6 2.e4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
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