Darcy Lima's chess openings
GM🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 23791,184 games
Darcy Lima, Grandmaster from Brazil, has 1,184 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Darcy Lima most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White569 games · +307 =171 −91 · 69%
As Black615 games · +243 =238 −134 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%248 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%188 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening14%82 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%144 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%72 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense9%31 games · scores 76% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%110 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%43 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5
- 1...d62%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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