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Mark Valentin Silva Cerda's chess openings

🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2173112 games

Mark Valentin Silva Cerda, from Spain, has 112 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Valentin Silva Cerda most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White54 games · +22 =5 −27 · 45%
As Black58 games · +19 =11 −28 · 42%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%
    44 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%
    8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%
    20 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%
    12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%
    12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game20%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6

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