Daniel Forcen Esteban's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2525635 games
Daniel Forcen Esteban, Grandmaster from Spain, has 635 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Forcen Esteban most often opens with 1.e4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White315 games · +173 =79 −63 · 67%
As Black320 games · +137 =92 −91 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening51%162 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%77 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%41 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%70 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense22%35 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game20%31 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%66 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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