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Paulo Costa

Full name

Paulo Costa

Born

1/1/1977 (age 47)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Portugal

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Réti Opening: Sicilian Invitation (2 games)

Modern Defense with 1.d4 (2 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin, Alekhine Variation (2 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (1 games)

Réti Opening: Kingside Fianchetto Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (3 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern, Polugaevsky Variation (2 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights, Duchamp Variation (2 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Paulo Costa (2024) Jasper Holtel (2339)	½-½	41	2023
Paulo Costa (2000) Lachezar Yordanov (2300)	0-1	35	2023
Paulo Costa (2179) Aref Vasli (2391)	0-1	51	2020
Paulo Costa (2179) Diogo Faria Oliveira Martins (1998)	0-1	49	2020
Paulo Costa (2200) Armando Filipe Roque (1946)	1-0	25	2019
Paulo Costa (2200) N Krishna Teja (2391)	1-0	32	2019
Paulo Costa (2186) Viacheslav Tilicheev (2482)	½-½	32	2019
Paulo Costa (2186) Inigo Lopez Mulet (2397)	0-1	67	2019
Paulo Costa (2200) Sergio Rocha (2354)	0-1	51	2019
Paulo Costa (2200) Dravid Shailesh (2324)	0-1	41	2019

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