Luis M Santos's chess openings
IM🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2222144 games
Luis M Santos, International Master from Portugal, has 144 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luis M Santos most often opens with 1.c4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White73 games · +39 =16 −18 · 64%
As Black71 games · +32 =23 −16 · 61%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening63%46 games · scores 73% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%30 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 e5
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