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Pascal Charbonneau's chess openings

GM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2509587 games

Pascal Charbonneau, Grandmaster from Canada, has 587 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pascal Charbonneau most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White317 games · +154 =80 −83 · 61%
As Black270 games · +85 =100 −85 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%
    288 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%
    9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%
    124 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game12%
    17 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%
    43 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game45%
    40 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6

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