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Paulo Costa

Paulo Costa
Full name
Paulo Costa
Born
1977 (age 49)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Portugal
Profiles
#8470
World Ranking
2055
Classical
2023
Rapid
2080
Blitz

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
Henk-Jan Visser (2224)
Paulo Costa (2024)
0-1 57 2023
Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2607)
Paulo Costa (2061)
1-0 21 2022
Paulo Costa (2179)
Aref Vasli (2391)
0-1 51 2020
Paulo Costa (2179)
Diogo Faria Oliveira Martins (1998)
0-1 49 2020
Leonardo Tavares Kurylski (1980)
Paulo Costa (2179)
1-0 64 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
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