Malcolm Pein's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2251625 games
Malcolm Pein, International Master from England, has 625 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Malcolm Pein most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White315 games · +132 =84 −99 · 55%
As Black310 games · +103 =88 −119 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%199 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening28%87 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game41%60 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense34%50 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%91 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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