Michael Wais's chess openings
🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 196342 games
Michael Wais, from Austria, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Wais most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White25 games · +2 =4 −19 · 16%
As Black17 games · +6 =3 −8 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%12 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening36%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense38%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 Ne4
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