Paulo Lima's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 210262 games
Paulo Lima, from Portugal, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paulo Lima most often opens with 1.e4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White36 games · +15 =8 −13 · 53%
As Black26 games · +9 =4 −13 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening81%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening19%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense79%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game71%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5
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