Mihail Tal's chess openings
🇮🇱 IsraelPeak rating 27052,432 games
Mihail Tal, from Israel, has 2,432 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mihail Tal most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,232 games · +600 =526 −106 · 70%
As Black1,200 games · +383 =650 −167 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%748 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%159 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%148 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%299 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%79 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%329 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%33 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
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