Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz's chess openings
FM🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicFIDE 2238930 games
Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz, FIDE Master from Dominican Republic, has 930 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White474 games · +223 =27 −224 · 50%
As Black456 games · +186 =26 −244 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%370 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%36 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%28 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%191 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%152 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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