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Santo Catalfamo's chess openings

🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 171442 games

Santo Catalfamo, from Italy, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Santo Catalfamo most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White19 games · +10 =4 −5 · 63%
As Black23 games · +1 =2 −20 · 9%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%
    9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening42%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack11%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d6 Pirc Defense33%
    4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...b6 Owen's Defense33%
    4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e5 Open Game17%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%
    5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7

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