Tatjana Molchanova's chess openings
WGM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2245342 games
Tatjana Molchanova, Woman Grandmaster from Russia, has 342 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tatjana Molchanova most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White151 games · +59 =38 −54 · 52%
As Black191 games · +63 =55 −73 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%96 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%35 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense56%63 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%36 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game71%34 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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