Henrique Mecking's chess openings
GM🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 2553561 games
Henrique Mecking, Grandmaster from Brazil, has 561 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Henrique Mecking most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White287 games · +118 =141 −28 · 66%
As Black274 games · +86 =131 −57 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%176 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%92 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%87 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%31 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%69 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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