Marcel Kanarek's chess openings
GM🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2478916 games
Marcel Kanarek, Grandmaster from Poland, has 916 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcel Kanarek most often opens with 1.e4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White456 games · +227 =121 −108 · 63%
As Black460 games · +190 =135 −135 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening71%325 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%92 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%172 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game15%33 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%158 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6
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