Paul Keres's chess openings
Peak rating 26151,570 games
Paul Keres has 1,570 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Keres most often opens with 1.e4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White793 games · +389 =337 −67 · 70%
As Black777 games · +307 =371 −99 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening61%484 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%204 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%69 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game85%234 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense4%10 games · scores 85% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%250 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%45 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%31 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5
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