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Pavlo Makarov's chess openings

CM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 203454 games

Pavlo Makarov, Candidate Master from Ukraine, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavlo Makarov most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.

As White30 games · +9 =9 −12 · 45%
As Black24 games · +9 =4 −11 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%
    27 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.f4 Bird's Opening7%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...f5 Dutch Defense83%
    5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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