Francois Marchand's chess openings
FM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2098108 games
Francois Marchand, FIDE Master from France, has 108 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Francois Marchand most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White54 games · +14 =17 −23 · 42%
As Black54 games · +11 =18 −25 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%53 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense86%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...d67%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
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