Michelle Minnaar's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 205029 games
Michelle Minnaar, from South Africa, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michelle Minnaar most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White12 games · +5 =3 −4 · 54%
As Black17 games · +1 =4 −12 · 18%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%8 games · scores 6% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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