Rui Costa's chess openings
25 games
Rui Costa has 25 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rui Costa most often opens with 1.e4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White9 games · +1 =3 −5 · 28%
As Black16 games · +4 =2 −10 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense57%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...e5 Open Game21%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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