Thomas Welin's chess openings
IM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2375175 games
Thomas Welin, International Master from Sweden, has 175 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Welin most often opens with 1.c4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White77 games · +33 =26 −18 · 60%
As Black98 games · +31 =34 −33 · 49%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening40%31 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%24 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense46%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%29 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+
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