Malusi Lekalakalae's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 18929 games
Malusi Lekalakalae, from South Africa, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Malusi Lekalakalae most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White5 games · +2 =0 −3 · 40%
As Black4 games · +2 =1 −1 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 g6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.d4 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bf5
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