Manuel Perez Candelario's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2532981 games
Manuel Perez Candelario, Grandmaster from Spain, has 981 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manuel Perez Candelario most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White516 games · +240 =191 −85 · 65%
As Black465 games · +184 =166 −115 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%483 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%18 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening2%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%86 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game39%80 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense9%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game51%90 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%46 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d613%24 games · scores 81% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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