Donaldo Paiva's chess openings
FM🇲🇿 MozambiqueFIDE 2218255 games
Donaldo Paiva, FIDE Master from Mozambique, has 255 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Donaldo Paiva most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White121 games · +58 =21 −42 · 57%
As Black134 games · +62 =27 −45 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%85 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%40 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense30%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game5%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%46 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
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