Denis Makhnev's chess openings
GM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 25811,498 games
Denis Makhnev, Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 1,498 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Makhnev most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White765 games · +413 =184 −168 · 66%
As Black733 games · +334 =195 −204 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%638 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%61 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%33 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game81%287 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%37 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%13 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%145 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%91 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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