Xavier Vila Gazquez's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2449248 games
Xavier Vila Gazquez, Grandmaster from Spain, has 248 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Xavier Vila Gazquez most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White125 games · +60 =33 −32 · 61%
As Black123 games · +40 =50 −33 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%74 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%33 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%34 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game30%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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