Maurizio Brancaleoni's chess openings
FM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 21861,179 games
Maurizio Brancaleoni, FIDE Master from Italy, has 1,179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maurizio Brancaleoni most often opens with 1.Nf3 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White587 games · +231 =95 −261 · 47%
As Black592 games · +170 =88 −334 · 36%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening90%523 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%38 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense82%228 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game10%29 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%174 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6
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