Mark Plotkin's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2360635 games
Mark Plotkin, International Master from Canada, has 635 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Plotkin most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White316 games · +168 =69 −79 · 64%
As Black319 games · +149 =67 −103 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%164 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%60 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%58 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense43%76 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game25%44 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%39 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%42 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%26 games · scores 77% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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