Paul Brooks's chess openings
Peak rating 190824 games
Paul Brooks has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Brooks most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +2 =3 −9 · 25%
As Black10 games · +3 =4 −3 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 b6 3.e4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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