Daniel Marais's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 184549 games
Daniel Marais, from South Africa, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Marais most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White23 games · +10 =5 −8 · 54%
As Black26 games · +5 =3 −18 · 25%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game92%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game90%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...b6 English Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
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