Cristhian Cruz's chess openings
GM🇵🇪 PeruFIDE 24471,187 games
Cristhian Cruz, Grandmaster from Peru, has 1,187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cristhian Cruz most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White592 games · +304 =216 −72 · 70%
As Black595 games · +248 =216 −131 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%360 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening28%166 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%47 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%152 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%78 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense41%79 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense38%75 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%37 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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