Ventura, Sa's chess openings
🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 211878 games
Ventura, Sa, from Italy, has 78 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ventura, Sa most often opens with 1.c4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White39 games · +8 =10 −21 · 33%
As Black39 games · +8 =14 −17 · 38%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening49%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense15%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense15%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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