Manuel Valles's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2304179 games
Manuel Valles, International Master from France, has 179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manuel Valles most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White93 games · +41 =21 −31 · 55%
As Black86 games · +24 =28 −34 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%62 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.c4 English Opening13%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense17%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...e5 Open Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%30 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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