Matthew J Wadsworth's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 25161,749 games
Matthew J Wadsworth, Grandmaster from England, has 1,749 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew J Wadsworth most often opens with 1.c4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White886 games · +423 =220 −243 · 60%
As Black863 games · +356 =228 −279 · 54%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening44%376 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%258 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%113 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense46%167 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%130 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%45 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%157 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%128 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
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