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William Ferreira Da Cruz's chess openings

FM🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 2182492 games

William Ferreira Da Cruz, FIDE Master from Brazil, has 492 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Ferreira Da Cruz most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White241 games · +105 =36 −100 · 51%
As Black251 games · +86 =34 −131 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%
    233 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening0%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense98%
    106 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 d5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense99%
    79 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 Nf6

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