Lucius Melillo's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2309727 games
Lucius Melillo, FIDE Master from United States, has 727 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lucius Melillo most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White371 games · +135 =71 −165 · 46%
As Black356 games · +104 =71 −181 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%275 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%64 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%62 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game32%52 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense23%38 games · scores 74% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%64 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%31 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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