Gaston Varela's chess openings
FM🇦🇷 ArgentinaFIDE 239293 games
Gaston Varela, FIDE Master from Argentina, has 93 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gaston Varela most often opens with 1.d4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White39 games · +13 =15 −11 · 53%
As Black54 games · +20 =17 −17 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening82%32 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense21%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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