Luther Santos's chess openings
FM🇦🇴 AngolaFIDE 208667 games
Luther Santos, FIDE Master from Angola, has 67 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luther Santos most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White33 games · +14 =11 −8 · 59%
As Black34 games · +12 =10 −12 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening24%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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