Gabriel Viala Merlot's chess openings
🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 189129 games
Gabriel Viala Merlot, from France, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gabriel Viala Merlot most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White14 games · +6 =2 −6 · 50%
As Black15 games · +5 =1 −9 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game30%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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