Max Mottola's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2161294 games
Max Mottola, from United States, has 294 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Max Mottola most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White154 games · +67 =17 −70 · 49%
As Black140 games · +41 =25 −74 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%95 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%43 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.a33%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.a3 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense58%41 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense27%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...a513%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 a5 2.d4 Nc6 3.d5 Na7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%32 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...a518%7 games · scores 93% · main line 1.d4 a5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 b6
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