Juan Borges Mateos's chess openings
GM🇨🇺 CubaFIDE 2340663 games
Juan Borges Mateos, Grandmaster from Cuba, has 663 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Juan Borges Mateos most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White305 games · +99 =170 −36 · 60%
As Black358 games · +96 =177 −85 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%186 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%53 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening13%40 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense45%98 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%78 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%30 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%48 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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