D'Costa, L's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2368677 games
D'Costa, L, International Master from England, has 677 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, D'Costa, L most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White343 games · +142 =123 −78 · 59%
As Black334 games · +110 =99 −125 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%158 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%83 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening15%53 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%128 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%27 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense8%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%89 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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