Waldyr Espirito Santo's chess openings
CMSTPFIDE 1905116 games
Waldyr Espirito Santo, Candidate Master, has 116 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Waldyr Espirito Santo most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White60 games · +26 =5 −29 · 48%
As Black56 games · +12 =7 −37 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%52 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
- 1...e6 French Defense32%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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