Matt Pon's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2178412 games
Matt Pon, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 412 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matt Pon most often opens with 1.e4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White205 games · +70 =45 −90 · 45%
As Black207 games · +81 =48 −78 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening81%166 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%26 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%67 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%82 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5
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