Paulo Santanna's chess openings
🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 2107142 games
Paulo Santanna, from Brazil, has 142 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paulo Santanna most often opens with 1.Nf3 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White71 games · +25 =11 −35 · 43%
As Black71 games · +23 =14 −34 · 42%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening46%32 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%26 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%44 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6
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