Darcy Lima's chess openings
GM🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 2379124 games
Darcy Lima, Grandmaster from Brazil, has 124 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Darcy Lima most often opens with 1.c4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White63 games · +36 =19 −8 · 72%
As Black61 games · +20 =22 −19 · 51%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening40%25 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%23 games · scores 74% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%7 games · scores 93% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game56%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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