Peter Varley's chess openings
FM🏴 WalesFIDE 2143178 games
Peter Varley, FIDE Master from Wales, has 178 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Peter Varley most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White96 games · +37 =26 −33 · 52%
As Black82 games · +23 =28 −31 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%47 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%42 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game72%28 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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