Nelson Castaneda's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2149155 games
Nelson Castaneda, FIDE Master from United States, has 155 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nelson Castaneda most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White76 games · +29 =13 −34 · 47%
As Black79 games · +23 =15 −41 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%64 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game15%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense13%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%25 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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