Matthias Wahls's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2517786 games
Matthias Wahls, Grandmaster from Germany, has 786 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Wahls most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White406 games · +165 =173 −68 · 62%
As Black380 games · +135 =156 −89 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%403 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%56 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%46 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%40 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%170 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d61%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Nf6
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