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Richard Santana Silva's chess openings

🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 170127 games

Richard Santana Silva, from Brazil, has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Santana Silva most often opens with 1.c4 (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 White15 games · +8 =2 −5 · 60%
As Black12 games · +3 =1 −8 · 29%

As White

  1. 1.c4 English Opening67%
    10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense83%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game33%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6

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