Paul Szuper's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 216847 games
Paul Szuper, from United States, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Szuper most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White26 games · +13 =4 −9 · 58%
As Black21 games · +5 =7 −9 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense86%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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