Luis Silva's chess openings
FM🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2361218 games
Luis Silva, FIDE Master from Portugal, has 218 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luis Silva most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White106 games · +52 =33 −21 · 65%
As Black112 games · +44 =33 −35 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%60 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%25 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%47 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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