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ID: 2288389

Jose Manuel Menendez Alba

FIDE ratings

1,927Classical
1,903Rapid
1,942Blitz

Performance

50 games
48% Win
16% Draw
36% Loss

Jose Manuel Menendez Alba's playing style

Strong overall score:56%24W 8D 18L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:67%in 18 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:20%in 15 games
Out of form:45%8W 2D 10L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development
50%
50%
4g
Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack
33%
67%
3g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

20 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Menendez Alba, Jose Manuel as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
60%
20%
20%
Move
18 · 90%
56%
22%
22%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 3, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Marino Bravo, Marco Antonio(2141)
L—
Apr 3, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Marino Bravo, Marco Antonio(2141)
L—
Mar 27, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Alvarez Mesa, Alfonso
W—
Mar 27, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Alvarez Mesa, Alfonso
W—
Mar 20, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Prieto Busto, Luis(2153)
L—
Mar 20, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Prieto Busto, Luis(2153)
L—
Mar 19, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bazan Solera, Manuel(2076)
D—
Mar 19, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bazan Solera, Manuel(2076)
D—
Mar 12, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Pizarro Roman, Jose Leandro(1297)
W—
Mar 12, 2004
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Pizarro Roman, Jose Leandro(1297)
W—

Research Jose Manuel Menendez Alba’s games and opening repertoire

Jose Manuel Menendez Alba is rated 1927 in standard, 1903 in rapid, 1942 in blitz by FIDE. Jose Manuel Menendez Alba plays for Spain.

Jose Manuel Menendez Alba has FIDE ID 2288389.

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