Valdes, Le's chess openings
IM🇨🇷 Costa RicaFIDE 23151,237 games
Valdes, Le, International Master from Costa Rica, has 1,237 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valdes, Le most often opens with 1.Nf3 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White614 games · +283 =159 −172 · 59%
As Black623 games · +250 =154 −219 · 52%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening92%559 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%21 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense78%226 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%42 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%171 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d623%52 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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