David S Markosian's chess openings
GM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 239592 games
David S Markosian, Grandmaster from Armenia, has 92 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David S Markosian most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +14 =18 −10 · 55%
As Black50 games · +18 =18 −14 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense50%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
- 1...d610%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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