Joseph Mwale's chess openings
FM🇲🇼 MalawiFIDE 2280223 games
Joseph Mwale, FIDE Master from Malawi, has 223 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph Mwale most often opens with 1.Nf3 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White109 games · +52 =28 −29 · 61%
As Black114 games · +49 =23 −42 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%41 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening36%39 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%27 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game93%54 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%36 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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