David Arenas's chess openings
GM🇨🇴 ColombiaFIDE 2344796 games
David Arenas, Grandmaster from Colombia, has 796 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Arenas most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White416 games · +198 =125 −93 · 63%
As Black380 games · +150 =134 −96 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%354 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%33 games · scores 86% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%126 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game33%66 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%105 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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