Alain Villeneuve's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2224160 games
Alain Villeneuve, International Master from France, has 160 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alain Villeneuve most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White82 games · +27 =27 −28 · 49%
As Black78 games · +16 =32 −30 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%70 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense24%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%17 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
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