Horst Alber's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2231297 games
Horst Alber, FIDE Master from Germany, has 297 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Horst Alber most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White141 games · +56 =57 −28 · 60%
As Black156 games · +54 =39 −63 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%138 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense84%77 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%38 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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