Bart Michiels's chess openings
GM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2547691 games
Bart Michiels, Grandmaster from Belgium, has 691 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bart Michiels most often opens with 1.e4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White366 games · +151 =156 −59 · 63%
As Black325 games · +107 =136 −82 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening58%211 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%134 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%19 games · scores 79% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense60%94 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%47 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game85%94 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense6%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
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