Jose Carlos Vaz's chess openings
CMCPVFIDE 198180 games
Jose Carlos Vaz, Candidate Master, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jose Carlos Vaz most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White44 games · +16 =4 −24 · 41%
As Black36 games · +14 =2 −20 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%38 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense46%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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