Joao Cordovil's chess openings
FM🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2139211 games
Joao Cordovil, FIDE Master from Portugal, has 211 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joao Cordovil most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White114 games · +38 =22 −54 · 43%
As Black97 games · +26 =27 −44 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%97 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%26 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game20%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense42%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense15%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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