Valerian Giraud's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 211931 games
Valerian Giraud, from Germany, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valerian Giraud most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White15 games · +6 =6 −3 · 60%
As Black16 games · +3 =3 −10 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 f5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c6
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