Arnaud Payen's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2255681 games
Arnaud Payen, International Master from France, has 681 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Arnaud Payen most often opens with 1.e4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White337 games · +103 =150 −84 · 53%
As Black344 games · +85 =122 −137 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening53%178 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%131 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%94 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%51 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game76%65 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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