Matthias Westphal's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 223325 games
Matthias Westphal, from Germany, has 25 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Westphal most often opens with 1.Nf3 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White10 games · +4 =5 −1 · 65%
As Black15 games · +4 =8 −3 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
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