Paul Morphy's chess openings
211 games
Paul Morphy has 211 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Morphy most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White136 games · +121 =6 −9 · 91%
As Black75 games · +49 =12 −14 · 73%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%136 games · scores 91% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game97%62 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense50%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6
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