Rodwell Makoto's chess openings
IM🇿🇼 ZimbabweFIDE 2325316 games
Rodwell Makoto, International Master from Zimbabwe, has 316 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rodwell Makoto most often opens with 1.Nf3 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White155 games · +65 =38 −52 · 54%
As Black161 games · +61 =44 −56 · 52%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening85%131 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game93%69 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%48 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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