Paulo Cruz's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 201531 games
Paulo Cruz, from Portugal, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paulo Cruz most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White17 games · +4 =4 −9 · 35%
As Black14 games · +3 =5 −6 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening24%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense44%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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