Costa, Am's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 172817 games
Costa, Am, from Portugal, has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Costa, Am most often opens with 1.f4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White10 games · +2 =2 −6 · 30%
As Black7 games · +1 =3 −3 · 36%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening40%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.e5 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
- 1...e6 French Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5
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