Ruben Jose Melo Santos's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 196127 games
Ruben Jose Melo Santos, from Portugal, has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ruben Jose Melo Santos most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White12 games · +4 =3 −5 · 46%
As Black15 games · +3 =1 −11 · 23%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.a333%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.a3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense83%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.c3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bf5
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