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John Raymond Markus's chess openings

🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 1902274 games

John Raymond Markus, from Netherlands, has 274 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Raymond Markus most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White127 games · +36 =35 −56 · 42%
As Black147 games · +34 =33 −80 · 34%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%
    106 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%
    16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1.g3 Hungarian Opening2%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.a3 e5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game80%
    60 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense13%
    10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Bg7
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense7%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%
    19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game31%
    13 games · scores 4% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6
  3. 1...d617%
    7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7

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