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Santiago Paez Villanueva's chess openings

🇨🇴 ColombiaFIDE 197582 games

Santiago Paez Villanueva, from Colombia, has 82 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Santiago Paez Villanueva most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White41 games · +25 =4 −12 · 66%
As Black41 games · +15 =8 −18 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%
    35 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 d6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%
    22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game4%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6

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