Philipp Balcerak's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2365167 games
Philipp Balcerak, from Germany, has 167 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Philipp Balcerak most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White88 games · +32 =34 −22 · 56%
As Black79 games · +36 =16 −27 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%76 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%43 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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