John Paul Wallace's chess openings
IM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2360213 games
John Paul Wallace, International Master from Norway, has 213 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Paul Wallace most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White111 games · +50 =32 −29 · 59%
As Black102 games · +34 =27 −41 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%53 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%48 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%33 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense24%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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