Michael Nicholas Longano's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 199331 games
Michael Nicholas Longano, from South Africa, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Nicholas Longano most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +6 =6 −4 · 56%
As Black15 games · +5 =5 −5 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening20%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense57%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense40%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Bf4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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