Abel Mathewos Tilahun's chess openings
CM🇪🇹 EthiopiaFIDE 1944918 games
Abel Mathewos Tilahun, Candidate Master from Ethiopia, has 918 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Abel Mathewos Tilahun most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White465 games · +125 =22 −318 · 29%
As Black453 games · +97 =11 −345 · 23%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%316 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%53 games · scores 23% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%52 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense87%188 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%26 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%118 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense16%23 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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