Mark Plotkin's chess openings
92 games
Mark Plotkin has 92 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Plotkin most often opens with 1.e4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White49 games · +14 =16 −19 · 45%
As Black43 games · +11 =15 −17 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening27%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense26%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense30%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
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