Paul Doherty's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 179149 games
Paul Doherty, from England, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Doherty most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White21 games · +4 =4 −13 · 29%
As Black28 games · +5 =3 −20 · 23%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%15 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense50%6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 c6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Ne7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense55%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h3 d5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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