Daniel Melamed's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2050434 games
Daniel Melamed, FIDE Master from Australia, has 434 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Melamed most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White211 games · +63 =31 −117 · 37%
As Black223 games · +66 =26 −131 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%173 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%30 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.d3 Mieses Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.dxe4 Qxd1+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%92 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense8%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%64 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4
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