Leon Luke Mendonca's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 26292,221 games
Leon Luke Mendonca, Grandmaster from India, has 2,221 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leon Luke Mendonca most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,113 games · +537 =369 −207 · 65%
As Black1,108 games · +469 =351 −288 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%486 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%190 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%180 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%332 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%94 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%54 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%264 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%59 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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