Nelson Villanueva's chess openings
FM🇵🇭 PhilippinesFIDE 2078152 games
Nelson Villanueva, FIDE Master from Philippines, has 152 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nelson Villanueva most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White75 games · +35 =13 −27 · 55%
As Black77 games · +33 =16 −28 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%48 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense71%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense10%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 d6
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