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Igor de Souza Melo's chess openings

🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 192257 games

Igor de Souza Melo, from Brazil, has 57 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor de Souza Melo most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White28 games · +11 =5 −12 · 48%
As Black29 games · +8 =4 −17 · 34%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%
    27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%
    13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense13%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game89%
    8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nd2 d5

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