Mark Emblem's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 155987 games
Mark Emblem, from Wales, has 87 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Emblem most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +7 =9 −25 · 28%
As Black46 games · +6 =7 −33 · 21%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%31 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.c3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%14 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%7 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense9%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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