Maciej Zalega's chess openings
🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2238292 games
Maciej Zalega, from Poland, has 292 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maciej Zalega most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White150 games · +62 =44 −44 · 56%
As Black142 games · +33 =49 −60 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%125 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%15 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%54 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%47 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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