Santiago Mellano's chess openings
🇦🇷 ArgentinaFIDE 222198 games
Santiago Mellano, from Argentina, has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Santiago Mellano most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White43 games · +15 =17 −11 · 55%
As Black55 games · +12 =23 −20 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%36 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense77%24 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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