Mpene Thuto's chess openings
CM🇧🇼 BotswanaFIDE 197147 games
Mpene Thuto, Candidate Master from Botswana, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mpene Thuto most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White24 games · +8 =7 −9 · 48%
As Black23 games · +8 =5 −10 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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