Cyril Marcelin's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2429483 games
Cyril Marcelin, Grandmaster from France, has 483 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cyril Marcelin most often opens with 1.e4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White247 games · +86 =108 −53 · 57%
As Black236 games · +55 =105 −76 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%105 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%101 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%72 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%34 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%20 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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