Solomon, Ma's chess openings
CM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 190036 games
Solomon, Ma, Candidate Master from South Africa, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Solomon, Ma most often opens with 1.Nf3 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +7 =5 −5 · 56%
As Black19 games · +8 =4 −7 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening59%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...e6 French Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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