Paul Butterworth's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 172349 games
Paul Butterworth, from England, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Butterworth most often opens with 1.d4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White22 games · +4 =8 −10 · 36%
As Black27 games · +4 =7 −16 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7
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