Roberto Messa's chess openings
IM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 2226199 games
Roberto Messa, International Master from Italy, has 199 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roberto Messa most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White113 games · +39 =34 −40 · 50%
As Black86 games · +20 =27 −39 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%99 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense73%29 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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