Joost Marcus's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 226668 games
Joost Marcus, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 68 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joost Marcus most often opens with 1.d4 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White30 games · +8 =12 −10 · 47%
As Black38 games · +6 =18 −14 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense33%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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