Paul Taaffe's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 18635 games
Paul Taaffe, from Ireland, has 5 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Taaffe most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White2 games · +1 =0 −1 · 50%
As Black3 games · +1 =2 −0 · 67%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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