Fausto Minelli's chess openings
🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 191947 games
Fausto Minelli, from Brazil, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Fausto Minelli most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White23 games · +12 =4 −7 · 61%
As Black24 games · +6 =4 −14 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening35%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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