Mauricio Arias Santana's chess openings
IM🇨🇷 Costa RicaFIDE 2163162 games
Mauricio Arias Santana, International Master from Costa Rica, has 162 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mauricio Arias Santana most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White88 games · +34 =25 −29 · 53%
As Black74 games · +28 =22 −24 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%42 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%36 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense15%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%22 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense16%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
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