Brian Vella's chess openings
🇲🇹 MaltaFIDE 220554 games
Brian Vella, from Malta, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brian Vella most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White30 games · +10 =9 −11 · 48%
As Black24 games · +6 =8 −10 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%26 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening13%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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