Michael Wang's chess openings
Peak rating 2165142 games
Michael Wang has 142 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Wang most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White71 games · +26 =7 −38 · 42%
As Black71 games · +24 =12 −35 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%37 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%29 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense64%21 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game21%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game78%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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