Jose Luis Alvarez's chess openings
Peak rating 239534 games
Jose Luis Alvarez has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jose Luis Alvarez most often opens with 1.e4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +1 =8 −8 · 29%
As Black17 games · +3 =5 −9 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening53%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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