Paul Cumbers's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 212273 games
Paul Cumbers, from England, has 73 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Cumbers most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White36 games · +17 =7 −12 · 57%
As Black37 games · +14 =7 −16 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%20 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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