Margarita Potapova's chess openings
WIMFIDE 22252,557 games
Margarita Potapova, Woman International Master, has 2,557 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Margarita Potapova most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,293 games · +639 =208 −446 · 57%
As Black1,264 games · +539 =185 −540 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%1,039 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%166 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%67 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%413 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense18%103 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense2%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%422 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%24 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d61%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nd7 3.c4 e5
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