Joseph Girel's chess openings
Peak rating 249560 games
Joseph Girel has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph Girel most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White28 games · +17 =8 −3 · 75%
As Black32 games · +11 =12 −9 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%19 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%9 games · scores 89% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
- 1...e5 Open Game27%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense27%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 d5
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