Matthew Sadler's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2694808 games
Matthew Sadler, Grandmaster from England, has 808 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Sadler most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White398 games · +221 =122 −55 · 71%
As Black410 games · +168 =167 −75 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%304 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%61 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%14 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%137 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%28 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 h6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game66%83 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%35 games · scores 77% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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