Paul Roberts's chess openings
CM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2088251 games
Paul Roberts, Candidate Master from Scotland, has 251 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Roberts most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White125 games · +42 =36 −47 · 48%
As Black126 games · +28 =46 −52 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%69 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%27 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense9%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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