Philip Vels's chess openings
🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 165512 games
Philip Vels, from Australia, has 12 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Philip Vels most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White5 games · +1 =1 −3 · 30%
As Black7 games · +3 =0 −4 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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