Clayton Macheka's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 192424 games
Clayton Macheka, from South Africa, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Clayton Macheka most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White13 games · +7 =2 −4 · 62%
As Black11 games · +3 =1 −7 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7
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