Alex Verlaine's chess openings
🇱🇺 LuxembourgFIDE 196945 games
Alex Verlaine, from Luxembourg, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Verlaine most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White22 games · +4 =6 −12 · 32%
As Black23 games · +6 =5 −12 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening9%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense64%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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