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Jose Maria A Carvalho Paiva's chess openings

🇵🇹 Portugal16 games

Jose Maria A Carvalho Paiva, from Portugal, has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jose Maria A Carvalho Paiva most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White9 games · +0 =0 −9 · 0%
As Black7 games · +0 =0 −7 · 0%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%
    6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game40%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game50%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6

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