Denis Makhnyov's chess openings
GM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2581133 games
Denis Makhnyov, Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 133 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Makhnyov most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White70 games · +27 =24 −19 · 56%
As Black63 games · +17 =23 −23 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%49 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game69%22 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense16%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6
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