Luca Ballotti's chess openings
CM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 2250216 games
Luca Ballotti, Candidate Master from Italy, has 216 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luca Ballotti most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White108 games · +40 =23 −45 · 48%
As Black108 games · +26 =31 −51 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%51 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%40 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening10%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%20 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense13%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%21 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game46%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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