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Ludek Pachman's chess openings

Peak rating 25201,188 games

Ludek Pachman has 1,188 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ludek Pachman most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White596 games · +234 =283 −79 · 63%
As Black592 games · +144 =338 −110 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%
    285 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening23%
    140 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%
    117 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game45%
    112 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%
    75 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%
    40 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%
    180 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game10%
    20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Nf6

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