Peter Cafolla's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 1947401 games
Peter Cafolla, from Ireland, has 401 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Peter Cafolla most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White201 games · +43 =66 −92 · 38%
As Black200 games · +41 =47 −112 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%122 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening36%72 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%73 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game15%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%51 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...b52%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 b5 2.Bf4 Bb7 3.e3 b4
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