Farai Mandizha's chess openings
IM🇿🇼 ZimbabweFIDE 237537 games
Farai Mandizha, International Master from Zimbabwe, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Farai Mandizha most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +8 =6 −3 · 65%
As Black20 games · +5 =6 −9 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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