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Pawel Kowalczyk's chess openings

🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2227488 games

Pawel Kowalczyk, from Poland, has 488 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pawel Kowalczyk most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White251 games · +136 =31 −84 · 60%
As Black237 games · +118 =47 −72 · 60%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%
    159 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.g3 g6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%
    47 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1.a39%
    23 games · scores 65% · main line 1.a3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%
    78 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense16%
    19 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
  3. 1...a69%
    10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%
    49 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game15%
    11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...a610%
    7 games · scores 93% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.e4 b5 3.Bd3 Bb7

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