Dennes Abel's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2371418 games
Dennes Abel, International Master from Germany, has 418 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dennes Abel most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White211 games · +76 =72 −63 · 53%
As Black207 games · +63 =82 −62 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%118 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%54 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense66%57 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game69%46 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense31%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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