Papp, Al's chess openings
Peak rating 20857 games
Papp, Al has 7 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Papp, Al most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.
As White3 games · +0 =1 −2 · 17%
As Black4 games · +2 =0 −2 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
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