Karol Motuz's chess openings
FM🇸🇰 SlovakiaFIDE 2237577 games
Karol Motuz, FIDE Master from Slovakia, has 577 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karol Motuz most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White285 games · +128 =91 −66 · 61%
As Black292 games · +99 =93 −100 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%174 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening17%47 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.a3 Nf6 3.d3 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%45 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense35%48 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game33%45 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%41 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game49%41 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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