Castanheira, A's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 190520 games
Castanheira, A, from Portugal, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Castanheira, A most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White10 games · +5 =1 −4 · 55%
As Black10 games · +3 =2 −5 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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