Sergey Makarichev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2519489 games
Sergey Makarichev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 489 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey Makarichev most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White247 games · +76 =147 −24 · 61%
As Black242 games · +64 =136 −42 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%136 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening42%103 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%62 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game39%44 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense5%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%74 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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