Margus Soot's chess openings
🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 2137136 games
Margus Soot, from Estonia, has 136 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Margus Soot most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White61 games · +17 =12 −32 · 38%
As Black75 games · +18 =12 −45 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%39 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening16%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game42%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense23%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c619%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nd7
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