Manuel Lamas Mercadal's chess openings
🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 217349 games
Manuel Lamas Mercadal, from Spain, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manuel Lamas Mercadal most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White26 games · +8 =9 −9 · 48%
As Black23 games · +6 =6 −11 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%25 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6
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