Ben Magana's chess openings
CM🇰🇪 KenyaFIDE 2007139 games
Ben Magana, Candidate Master from Kenya, has 139 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ben Magana most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White67 games · +30 =9 −28 · 51%
As Black72 games · +26 =10 −36 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%46 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game98%39 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game84%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense16%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
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