Markelova, L's chess openings
WFM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2065536 games
Markelova, L, Woman FIDE Master from Russia, has 536 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Markelova, L most often opens with 1.Nf3 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White259 games · +85 =47 −127 · 42%
As Black277 games · +69 =42 −166 · 32%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening76%195 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%40 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%22 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense62%82 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%29 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%21 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game78%73 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%19 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 Bxc5
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