Stefan Apel's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 234265 games
Stefan Apel, FIDE Master from Germany, has 65 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stefan Apel most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +12 =12 −10 · 53%
As Black31 games · +10 =8 −13 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening32%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.d4 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game47%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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