Carlos Castaneda's chess openings
17 games
Carlos Castaneda has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carlos Castaneda most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +3 =1 −5 · 39%
As Black8 games · +2 =2 −4 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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