Massimiliano Botta's chess openings
FM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 2306138 games
Massimiliano Botta, FIDE Master from Italy, has 138 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Massimiliano Botta most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White70 games · +28 =18 −24 · 53%
As Black68 games · +20 =20 −28 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%35 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%27 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense8%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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