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Manu Michoel's chess openings

🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 194542 games

Manu Michoel, from Norway, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manu Michoel most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White23 games · +11 =6 −6 · 61%
As Black19 games · +8 =5 −6 · 55%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%
    12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 e6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%
    11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense43%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 e6
  3. 1...e5 Open Game14%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense40%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6

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