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Leonardo Costa's chess openings

GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2555572 games

Leonardo Costa, Grandmaster from Germany, has 572 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonardo Costa most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White281 games · +115 =123 −43 · 63%
As Black291 games · +110 =101 −80 · 55%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%
    260 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%
    17 games · scores 76% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c5 3.Bb5+ Nd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game60%
    73 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%
    35 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%
    14 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense59%
    65 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game41%
    45 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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