Paulo Costa's chess openings
Peak rating 223538 games
Paulo Costa has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paulo Costa most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +8 =4 −6 · 56%
As Black20 games · +7 =3 −10 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening17%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
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