Marcel Thirion's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2163147 games
Marcel Thirion, from Belgium, has 147 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcel Thirion most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White82 games · +19 =29 −34 · 41%
As Black65 games · +11 =22 −32 · 34%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%49 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%22 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game56%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense15%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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