Alain Talon's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 203028 games
Alain Talon, from Belgium, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alain Talon most often opens with 1.b3 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White12 games · +0 =6 −6 · 25%
As Black16 games · +2 =4 −10 · 25%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack33%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense38%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5
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