South Africa RSA

ID: 14304880

Franco Marais

FIDE ratings

1,914Classical

Performance

50 games

40% Win

48% Draw

12% Loss

Franco Marais's playing style

Strong overall score:64%20W 24D 6L over 50 games

Dominates 1.d4 as White:68%in 28 games

Steady recent form:60%8W 8D 4L in last 20 games

Hard to beat — high draw rate:48%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense has the largest White sample, with 8 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense

75%

25%

Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation

100%

Benko Gambit

100%

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation

100%

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation

100%

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Open has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Open

100%

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit

100%

Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game

100%

Sicilian Defense: French Variation

100%

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation

100%

Repertoire

28 games as white in scope

Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Marais, Franco as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L

50%

36%

14%

Move
	28 · 100%	8y ago	50% 36% 14%

Game History

(50 games)

Date	Source	Opponent	Result	Time	Event	Opening	Link
Jul 14, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	CMKhumalo, Keith(1931)	D	Classical	—	D86Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation	—
Jul 14, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	CMKhumalo, Keith(1931)	D	Classical	—	D86Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation	—
Jul 13, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	Odendaal, Frederick(2021)	D	Classical	—	A52aIndian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation	—
Jul 13, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	Odendaal, Frederick(2021)	D	Classical	—	A52aIndian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation	—
Jul 12, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	Vermeulen, George Barrett(1662)	W	Classical	—	E61King's Indian Defense	—
Jul 12, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	Vermeulen, George Barrett(1662)	W	Classical	—	E61King's Indian Defense	—
Jul 12, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	Mmoneng, Patrick L.(1839)	D	Classical	—	B21iSicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit	—
Jul 12, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	Mmoneng, Patrick L.(1839)	D	Classical	—	B21iSicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit	—
Jul 11, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	WCMMoodley, Karmishta(1478)	W	Classical	—	C42akPetrov's Defense: Three Knights Game	—
Jul 11, 2018	OTB - LumbrasGigaBase	WCMMoodley, Karmishta(1478)	W	Classical	—	C42akPetrov's Defense: Three Knights Game	—

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Franco Marais is rated 1914 in standard by FIDE. Franco Marais plays for South Africa.

Franco Marais has FIDE ID 14304880.

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Franco Marais

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Franco Marais's playing style

Openings as White

Openings as Black

Repertoire

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