Maris Krakops's chess openings
GM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 2510270 games
Maris Krakops, Grandmaster from Latvia, has 270 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maris Krakops most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White146 games · +67 =51 −28 · 63%
As Black124 games · +54 =37 −33 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%142 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d3 Mieses Opening1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d3 g6 2.c3 Bg7 3.Nd2 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%59 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%42 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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