Banele Mhango's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2344382 games
Banele Mhango, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 382 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Banele Mhango most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White193 games · +99 =37 −57 · 61%
As Black189 games · +71 =33 −85 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%122 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%49 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 Be7 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%78 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%68 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
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