Maria Manakova's chess openings
WGM🇷🇸 SerbiaFIDE 2220895 games
Maria Manakova, Woman Grandmaster from Serbia, has 895 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maria Manakova most often opens with 1.e4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White461 games · +222 =126 −113 · 62%
As Black434 games · +176 =113 −145 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening72%331 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%77 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening7%33 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%176 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%42 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%77 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense26%36 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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