Rafael Mendoza's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 184016 games
Rafael Mendoza, from Portugal, has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafael Mendoza most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game.
As White7 games · +5 =0 −2 · 71%
As Black9 games · +4 =3 −2 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game75%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
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