Dirk Michiels's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 222630 games
Dirk Michiels, from Belgium, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dirk Michiels most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +3 =5 −6 · 39%
As Black16 games · +5 =5 −6 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
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