Matthew Shih's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 205534 games
Matthew Shih, from United States, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Shih most often opens with 1.e4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White19 games · +5 =4 −10 · 37%
As Black15 games · +3 =2 −10 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening53%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening26%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game70%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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