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Matthias Thesing's chess openings

IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2309527 games

Matthias Thesing, International Master from Germany, has 527 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Thesing most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White294 games · +108 =118 −68 · 57%
As Black233 games · +68 =73 −92 · 45%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%
    239 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%
    42 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%
    72 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense29%
    31 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
  3. 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense2%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game73%
    58 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%
    19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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