Martin Ballmann's chess openings
IM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 2327328 games
Martin Ballmann, International Master from Switzerland, has 328 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Martin Ballmann most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White144 games · +41 =69 −34 · 52%
As Black184 games · +62 =70 −52 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%88 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening33%47 games · scores 51% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%48 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense22%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%51 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Bf4 Bg7 3.e3 Nf6
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