Paul Held's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 220364 games
Paul Held, from Germany, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Held most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White38 games · +21 =10 −7 · 68%
As Black26 games · +8 =8 −10 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%30 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.c4 English Opening21%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense42%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense42%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d68%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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