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Luis A Santa's chess openings

Peak rating 2295100 games

Luis A Santa has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luis A Santa most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White48 games · +11 =18 −19 · 42%
As Black52 games · +10 =19 −23 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%
    42 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
  3. 1.c4 English Opening2%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense44%
    14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game28%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense13%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game13%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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