Paul Byway's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 201372 games
Paul Byway, FIDE Master from England, has 72 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Byway most often opens with 1.Nf3 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +15 =10 −15 · 50%
As Black32 games · +6 =10 −16 · 34%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening60%24 games · scores 52% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening20%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...g6 Modern Defense21%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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