Paul Velten's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2482869 games
Paul Velten, Grandmaster from France, has 869 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Velten most often opens with 1.d4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White400 games · +193 =123 −84 · 64%
As Black469 games · +207 =150 −112 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening82%328 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%40 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%28 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense57%126 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%69 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game51%77 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%68 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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