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Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez's chess openings

FM🇲🇽 MexicoFIDE 2231218 games

Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez, FIDE Master from Mexico, has 218 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez most often opens with 1.Nf3 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White107 games · +47 =42 −18 · 64%
As Black111 games · +56 =21 −34 · 60%

As White

  1. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening48%
    51 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%
    31 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%
    13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.Nf3 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game60%
    29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%
    19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%
    38 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game5%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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