Mario Villanueva's chess openings
IM🇦🇷 ArgentinaFIDE 2463549 games
Mario Villanueva, International Master from Argentina, has 549 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mario Villanueva most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White275 games · +134 =98 −43 · 67%
As Black274 games · +89 =122 −63 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%271 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense48%59 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game35%43 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%11 games · scores 86% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%37 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense32%30 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense28%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6
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