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Manuel Maria Fonseca Paiva's chess openings

🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 195043 games

Manuel Maria Fonseca Paiva, from Portugal, has 43 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manuel Maria Fonseca Paiva most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White19 games · +8 =4 −7 · 53%
As Black24 games · +6 =5 −13 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%
    17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    15 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game83%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7

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