Lovers Mthembu's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 190015 games
Lovers Mthembu, from South Africa, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lovers Mthembu most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White9 games · +4 =1 −4 · 50%
As Black6 games · +1 =2 −3 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
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