Joseph Girel's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2508730 games
Joseph Girel, Grandmaster from France, has 730 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph Girel most often opens with 1.e4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White364 games · +180 =117 −67 · 66%
As Black366 games · +119 =144 −103 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%166 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%162 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening5%18 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%69 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game32%50 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense19%29 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%111 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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