Paal Royset's chess openings
CM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2110495 games
Paal Royset, Candidate Master from Norway, has 495 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paal Royset most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White258 games · +103 =59 −96 · 51%
As Black237 games · +77 =51 −109 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%233 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense51%56 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%38 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense11%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Be7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%49 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense6%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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