Matthew Staniforth's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 1957109 games
Matthew Staniforth, from Wales, has 109 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Staniforth most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White56 games · +20 =11 −25 · 46%
As Black53 games · +16 =9 −28 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%31 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs Opening4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense21%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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