Esteban Alvarez Ruiz's chess openings
🇨🇺 CubaFIDE 206327 games
Esteban Alvarez Ruiz, from Cuba, has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Esteban Alvarez Ruiz most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +8 =2 −4 · 64%
As Black13 games · +3 =3 −7 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1.c4 English Opening43%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense71%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d620%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6
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