Frank May's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 213450 games
Frank May, from Germany, has 50 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Frank May most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White25 games · +8 =12 −5 · 56%
As Black25 games · +9 =8 −8 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening24%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense14%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense14%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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