Nathanael Paul's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 1987200 games
Nathanael Paul, from England, has 200 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nathanael Paul most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White105 games · +41 =14 −50 · 46%
As Black95 games · +32 =12 −51 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%67 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%33 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening5%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game49%17 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense40%14 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6
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