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Paul J Kelly's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WalesFIDE 176756 games

Paul J Kelly, from Wales, has 56 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul J Kelly most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.

As White27 games · +5 =2 −20 · 22%
As Black29 games · +10 =5 −14 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%
    21 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  3. 1.g3 Hungarian Opening4%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.f4 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense44%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game38%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...g6 Modern Defense75%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
  3. 1...d613%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.Nf3 g6

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