Keith Khumalo's chess openings
CM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2224700 games
Keith Khumalo, Candidate Master from South Africa, has 700 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Keith Khumalo most often opens with 1.d4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White349 games · +169 =39 −141 · 54%
As Black351 games · +149 =30 −172 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%326 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%150 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%27 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%87 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%27 games · scores 15% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4
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