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Mathieu Ternault's chess openings

FM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2284710 games

Mathieu Ternault, FIDE Master from France, has 710 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mathieu Ternault most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White354 games · +152 =68 −134 · 53%
As Black356 games · +157 =45 −154 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%
    187 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack19%
    66 games · scores 55% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%
    48 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense47%
    87 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense36%
    67 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%
    16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense34%
    35 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 c5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    26 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...Nc625%
    25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.f4 Ng6

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