Simon Marcu's chess openings
🇸🇰 SlovakiaFIDE 1897195 games
Simon Marcu, from Slovakia, has 195 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Marcu most often opens with 1.d4 (93% 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 White96 games · +43 =23 −30 · 57%
As Black99 games · +46 =16 −37 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%85 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening7%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game19%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game92%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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