Hector Elissalt Cardenas's chess openings
IM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2266652 games
Hector Elissalt Cardenas, International Master from Spain, has 652 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hector Elissalt Cardenas most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White325 games · +133 =56 −136 · 50%
As Black327 games · +124 =58 −145 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%245 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening15%48 games · scores 49% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense69%120 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game37%37 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%37 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%20 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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