Mat Smith's chess openings
🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 204862 games
Mat Smith, from France, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mat Smith most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White30 games · +7 =9 −14 · 38%
As Black32 games · +5 =6 −21 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 bxa3
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense67%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d618%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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