Mario Balbuena Fuentes's chess openings
FM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2294138 games
Mario Balbuena Fuentes, FIDE Master from Spain, has 138 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mario Balbuena Fuentes most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White71 games · +31 =16 −24 · 55%
As Black67 games · +14 =22 −31 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%60 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense52%14 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense81%21 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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