Wilfried Paulsen's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 147296 games
Wilfried Paulsen, from Germany, has 96 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Wilfried Paulsen most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White46 games · +11 =7 −28 · 32%
As Black50 games · +11 =14 −25 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%42 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.e3 e6
- 1.c3 Saragossa Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c3 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%25 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...e5 Open Game38%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 dxe4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6
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