Severin Papa's chess openings
IM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 2399194 games
Severin Papa, International Master from Switzerland, has 194 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Severin Papa most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White89 games · +39 =24 −26 · 57%
As Black105 games · +29 =38 −38 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%43 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%36 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%29 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game62%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6
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