Christine Makwena's chess openings
🇿🇼 ZimbabweFIDE 187581 games
Christine Makwena, from Zimbabwe, has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christine Makwena most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White51 games · +15 =14 −22 · 43%
As Black30 games · +11 =6 −13 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%28 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening45%23 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense32%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 exd5
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