Michael Schleifer's chess openings
Peak rating 2389195 games
Michael Schleifer has 195 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Schleifer most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White95 games · +35 =37 −23 · 56%
As Black100 games · +37 =25 −38 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%56 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening13%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%25 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game15%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense9%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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