Paulo Fanha's chess openings
CM🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 1903111 games
Paulo Fanha, Candidate Master from Portugal, has 111 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paulo Fanha most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White46 games · +6 =12 −28 · 26%
As Black65 games · +10 =15 −40 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%32 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack26%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%17 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...e6 French Defense18%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game68%15 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5
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