Vitalis Mapuranga's chess openings
🇿🇼 ZimbabweFIDE 207534 games
Vitalis Mapuranga, from Zimbabwe, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitalis Mapuranga most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White17 games · +6 =4 −7 · 47%
As Black17 games · +2 =2 −13 · 18%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense33%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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