Paul Vaitonis's chess openings
80 games
Paul Vaitonis has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Vaitonis most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White38 games · +11 =11 −16 · 43%
As Black42 games · +12 =11 −19 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening45%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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