German Maldonado Mena's chess openings
CM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2093191 games
German Maldonado Mena, Candidate Master from Spain, has 191 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, German Maldonado Mena most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White94 games · +34 =18 −42 · 46%
As Black97 games · +26 =15 −56 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%80 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%30 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 h5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game62%18 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
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