Lothar Arnold's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2274362 games
Lothar Arnold, International Master from Germany, has 362 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lothar Arnold most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White205 games · +62 =86 −57 · 51%
As Black157 games · +37 =60 −60 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%202 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%63 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense30%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5
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