Desider May's chess openings
32 games
Desider May has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Desider May most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White12 games · +3 =6 −3 · 50%
As Black20 games · +5 =7 −8 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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