George Michelakis's chess openings
IM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 242585 games
George Michelakis, International Master from South Africa, has 85 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, George Michelakis most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White37 games · +15 =14 −8 · 59%
As Black48 games · +17 =19 −12 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%27 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening14%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%25 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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