Ling Ma's chess openings
🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2242248 games
Ling Ma, from China, has 248 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ling Ma most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White124 games · +42 =44 −38 · 52%
As Black124 games · +24 =47 −53 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%64 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%39 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%22 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%30 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
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