Marco Santos's chess openings
IM🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 229160 games
Marco Santos, International Master from Brazil, has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marco Santos most often opens with 1.Nf3 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White27 games · +10 =5 −12 · 46%
As Black33 games · +12 =3 −18 · 41%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening56%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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