Paul Ross's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 214447 games
Paul Ross, FIDE Master from Canada, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Ross most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White23 games · +8 =9 −6 · 54%
As Black24 games · +7 =9 −8 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense70%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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