Costa, Pa's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2054110 games
Costa, Pa, from Portugal, has 110 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Costa, Pa most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White52 games · +21 =15 −16 · 55%
As Black58 games · +25 =8 −25 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%25 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening37%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%28 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d66%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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