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Matthew J Payne's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 2093340 games

Matthew J Payne, from England, has 340 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew J Payne most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White168 games · +50 =38 −80 · 41%
As Black172 games · +63 =41 −68 · 49%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    168 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense100%
    68 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    71 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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