Mergen Kakabaev's chess openings
FM🇹🇲 TurkmenistanFIDE 220940 games
Mergen Kakabaev, FIDE Master from Turkmenistan, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mergen Kakabaev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White19 games · +7 =6 −6 · 53%
As Black21 games · +4 =9 −8 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game90%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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