Marat Makarov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2505617 games
Marat Makarov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 617 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marat Makarov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White282 games · +101 =142 −39 · 61%
As Black335 games · +86 =185 −64 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening54%153 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%63 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening13%37 games · scores 49% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%161 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game6%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%82 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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