Juan Sebastian Melian's chess openings
IM🇵🇾 ParaguayFIDE 23431,103 games
Juan Sebastian Melian, International Master from Paraguay, has 1,103 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Juan Sebastian Melian most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White559 games · +255 =80 −224 · 53%
As Black544 games · +232 =47 −265 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%254 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%223 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%44 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%166 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%50 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game12%30 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%150 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%11 games · scores 91% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
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