Francisco Javier Santos Izquierdo's chess openings
FM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 199870 games
Francisco Javier Santos Izquierdo, FIDE Master from Spain, has 70 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Francisco Javier Santos Izquierdo most often opens with 1.Nf3 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White36 games · +12 =15 −9 · 54%
As Black34 games · +8 =10 −16 · 38%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening50%18 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening17%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense31%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game30%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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