Ricardo Sant'Ana's chess openings
🇧🇷 BrazilPeak rating 218021 games
Ricardo Sant'Ana, from Brazil, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ricardo Sant'Ana most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White13 games · +1 =2 −10 · 15%
As Black8 games · +4 =2 −2 · 63%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%12 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 e6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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