Thierry Penson's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2133117 games
Thierry Penson, from Belgium, has 117 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thierry Penson most often opens with 1.e4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White58 games · +23 =19 −16 · 56%
As Black59 games · +25 =14 −20 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening72%42 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening7%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%23 games · scores 74% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense15%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game12%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6
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