M Paul Townsend's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2182464 games
M Paul Townsend, from England, has 464 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, M Paul Townsend most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White220 games · +94 =72 −54 · 59%
As Black244 games · +76 =76 −92 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%141 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening15%34 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%31 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense68%85 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense24%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game4%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%32 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense36%26 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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