Miguel Illescas Cordoba's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 25871,200 games
Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Grandmaster from Spain, has 1,200 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Miguel Illescas Cordoba most often opens with 1.e4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White608 games · +227 =296 −85 · 62%
As Black592 games · +162 =289 −141 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%203 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%196 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%153 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%166 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%32 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense8%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%133 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%112 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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