Marcelo Ibar's chess openings
FM🇦🇷 ArgentinaFIDE 2027187 games
Marcelo Ibar, FIDE Master from Argentina, has 187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcelo Ibar most often opens with 1.e4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White90 games · +26 =34 −30 · 48%
As Black97 games · +34 =27 −36 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%37 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%26 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense12%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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