Michael Song's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2390405 games
Michael Song, International Master from Canada, has 405 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Song most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White206 games · +94 =35 −77 · 54%
As Black199 games · +70 =47 −82 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%136 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%55 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game71%56 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%17 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%48 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense24%20 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...d68%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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