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Marcos Valerio A. Souza's chess openings

CM🇧🇷 BrazilFIDE 197465 games

Marcos Valerio A. Souza, Candidate Master from Brazil, has 65 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcos Valerio A. Souza most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White33 games · +11 =10 −12 · 48%
As Black32 games · +12 =8 −12 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%
    20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening24%
    8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%
    5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense69%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game19%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%
    8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5

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