Matan Poleg's chess openings
FM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2276180 games
Matan Poleg, FIDE Master from Israel, has 180 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matan Poleg most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White91 games · +27 =22 −42 · 42%
As Black89 games · +25 =24 −40 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%48 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%41 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense14%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%28 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6
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