Paul A Carpenter's chess openings
JCIFIDE 1818112 games
Paul A Carpenter has 112 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul A Carpenter most often opens with 1.b3 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White59 games · +4 =19 −36 · 23%
As Black53 games · +17 =5 −31 · 37%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack34%20 games · scores 28% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%17 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%16 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense41%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense24%7 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d625%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 cxd4
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