Masaiti Besa's chess openings
WFM🇧🇼 BotswanaFIDE 1860183 games
Masaiti Besa, Woman FIDE Master from Botswana, has 183 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Masaiti Besa most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White88 games · +33 =7 −48 · 41%
As Black95 games · +35 =7 −53 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%47 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening43%35 games · scores 41% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%48 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%29 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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