Javier Menendez Rey's chess openings
CM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 202758 games
Javier Menendez Rey, Candidate Master from Spain, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Javier Menendez Rey most often opens with 1.e4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White24 games · +5 =6 −13 · 33%
As Black34 games · +16 =4 −14 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack22%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense50%9 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense17%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d622%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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