Paul Atkinson's chess openings
CM🏴 WalesFIDE 204132 games
Paul Atkinson, Candidate Master from Wales, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Atkinson most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +5 =3 −8 · 41%
As Black16 games · +4 =4 −8 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense43%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
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