Likando Namakau's chess openings
🇿🇲 ZambiaFIDE 179533 games
Likando Namakau, from Zambia, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Likando Namakau most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White15 games · +2 =2 −11 · 20%
As Black18 games · +8 =3 −7 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense56%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c640%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5
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