Paul Dempsey's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 213659 games
Paul Dempsey, from Ireland, has 59 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Dempsey most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White28 games · +5 =10 −13 · 36%
As Black31 games · +8 =3 −20 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%27 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense26%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 Bf5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
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