Marco Maia's chess openings
🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 207466 games
Marco Maia, from Brazil, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marco Maia most often opens with 1.d4 (81% 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 White32 games · +10 =9 −13 · 45%
As Black34 games · +14 =12 −8 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%26 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense14%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...d617%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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