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Francisco Castro

Full name

Francisco Castro

Born

Jan 1, 1985 (age 38)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Portugal

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Main Line (1 games)

Four Knights Game: Double Spanish Variation (1 games)

Sicilian Defense (1 games)

Nimzowitsch Defense Declined: Williams Variation (1 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights System (2 games)

Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (2 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (1 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Main Line, Lputian Variation (1 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn, Main Line (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Francisco Castro (2117) Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (2450)	0-1	40	2015
Francisco Castro (2152) Jose M Vieira Andrade (2251)	0-1	44	2012
Francisco Castro (2105) Sergio Rocha (2412)	0-1	70	2011
Francisco Castro (2105) Alberto Andres Gonzalez (2506)	0-1	34	2011
Francisco Castro (2105) Luis Santos (2369)	½-½	59	2011
Francisco Castro (2105) Fernando Silva (2364)	*	4	2011
Francisco Castro (2118) Miguel Llanes Hurtado (2477)	0-1	37	2010
Francisco Castro (2118) Matthias Thesing (2423)	0-1	57	2010
Francisco Castro (2118) Jesus Garrido Dominguez (2416)	0-1	39	2010
Francisco Castro (2152) Pavel Yurkov (2332)	0-1	52	2008

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