Carlos Joao Fernandes Novais's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2102117 games
Carlos Joao Fernandes Novais, from Portugal, has 117 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carlos Joao Fernandes Novais most often opens with 1.e4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White55 games · +21 =17 −17 · 54%
As Black62 games · +20 =21 −21 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening61%33 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense48%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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