Xander Pauwels's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 216147 games
Xander Pauwels, from Belgium, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Xander Pauwels most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White24 games · +7 =13 −4 · 56%
As Black23 games · +3 =10 −10 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%21 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense44%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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