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ID: 1916564

Rui Costa

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
40% Win
22% Draw
38% Loss

Rui Costa's playing style

Overall score:51%20W 11D 19L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:57%in 15 games
Steady recent form:50%8W 4D 8L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
50%
50%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Kasparov Attack
50%
50%
4g
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
3g
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Main Line
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

26 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Costa, Rui as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
42%
23%
35%
Move
16 · 62%
38%
38%
25%
10 · 38%
50%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 28, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Morais, Mario Martins Freitas(1835)
W—
Apr 26, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gasimov, Eldar(1752)
L—
Oct 12, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sousa, Nuno(2002)
W—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sousa, Hugo Carneiro(1766)
W—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMSousa, Andre Ventura(2107)
D—
Oct 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sa, Claudio Simao Carvalho Faria(1726)
W—
Oct 5, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Fernandes, Tiago Saraiva(1653)
W—
Oct 5, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMDias, Ivo Rodrigues(2163)
L—
Oct 4, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Cardoso, Artur Da Silva(1409)
W—
Jul 23, 2011
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMAlho, Diogo(2243)
L—

Research Rui Costa’s games and opening repertoire

Rui Costa plays for Portugal.

Rui Costa has FIDE ID 1916564.

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