Michal Jacobus Oosthuizen's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 206861 games
Michal Jacobus Oosthuizen, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 61 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michal Jacobus Oosthuizen most often opens with 1.c4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White30 games · +9 =6 −15 · 40%
As Black31 games · +6 =4 −21 · 26%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening40%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening37%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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