Francisco Santacruz's chess openings
FM🇵🇾 ParaguayFIDE 231047 games
Francisco Santacruz, FIDE Master from Paraguay, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Francisco Santacruz most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White23 games · +4 =9 −10 · 37%
As Black24 games · +5 =8 −11 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening17%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 cxd4
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