Thomas Michalczak's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2207831 games
Thomas Michalczak, FIDE Master from Germany, has 831 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Michalczak most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White430 games · +187 =122 −121 · 58%
As Black401 games · +124 =107 −170 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%412 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game78%157 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%40 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%80 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%33 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6
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