Daniel Elguezabal Varela's chess openings
FM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 231386 games
Daniel Elguezabal Varela, FIDE Master from Spain, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Elguezabal Varela most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White45 games · +23 =15 −7 · 68%
As Black41 games · +17 =16 −8 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%26 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening27%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
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