Carvalho, Al's chess openings
Peak rating 206327 games
Carvalho, Al has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carvalho, Al most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +3 =4 −9 · 31%
As Black11 games · +4 =3 −4 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qxd5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense33%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...e5 Open Game17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5
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