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Raffaele Di Paolo's chess openings

FM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 2285222 games

Raffaele Di Paolo, FIDE Master from Italy, has 222 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raffaele Di Paolo most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White118 games · +49 =36 −33 · 57%
As Black104 games · +35 =29 −40 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%
    112 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1.c4 English Opening2%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense51%
    26 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%
    16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
  3. 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense10%
    5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%
    25 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
  3. 1...d66%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5

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