Paul Motwani's chess openings
GM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2399673 games
Paul Motwani, Grandmaster from Scotland, has 673 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Motwani most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White362 games · +159 =145 −58 · 64%
As Black311 games · +92 =158 −61 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%286 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%34 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%23 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%56 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense20%29 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%50 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%24 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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