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ID: 1952838

Ruben Jose Melo Santos

FIDE ratings

1,961Classical
1,980Rapid
1,922Blitz

Performance

50 games
10% Win
24% Draw
66% Loss

Ruben Jose Melo Santos's playing style

Overall score:22%5W 12D 33L over 50 games
Strongest in classical:28%in 32 games
In great form:30%3W 6D 11L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Flexible Defense has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Flexible Defense
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
3g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

19 games in this line · White to move

Results for Santos, Ruben Jose Melo as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
16%
32%
53%
Move
12 · 63%
17%
33%
50%
7 · 37%
14%
29%
57%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 15, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMLarkin, Vladyslav(2450)
L—
Jun 15, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMLarkin, Vladyslav(2450)
L—
Sep 4, 2022
OTB - TWIC
IMFrois, Antonio(2257)
L—
Sep 4, 2022
OTB - TWIC
Pintor, Simao(2055)
D—
Sep 4, 2022
OTB - TWIC
Pintor, Simao(2055)
D—
Sep 4, 2022
OTB - TWIC
IMFrois, Antonio(2257)
L—
Apr 12, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Basilio, Rodrigo(1849)
L—
Apr 12, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
Basilio, Rodrigo(1849)
L—
Apr 11, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Morais, Vitor(1904)
D—
Apr 11, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
Morais, Vitor(1904)
D—

Research Ruben Jose Melo Santos’s games and opening repertoire

Ruben Jose Melo Santos is rated 1961 in standard, 1980 in rapid, 1922 in blitz by FIDE. Ruben Jose Melo Santos plays for Portugal.

Ruben Jose Melo Santos has FIDE ID 1952838.

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