Thuso Mosutha's chess openings
CM🇧🇼 BotswanaFIDE 2013173 games
Thuso Mosutha, Candidate Master from Botswana, has 173 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thuso Mosutha most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White87 games · +30 =19 −38 · 45%
As Black86 games · +32 =11 −43 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%54 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening24%21 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%27 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense19%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game8%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game63%15 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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