Stefan Balster's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 230679 games
Stefan Balster, FIDE Master from Germany, has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stefan Balster most often opens with 1.c4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White46 games · +14 =17 −15 · 49%
As Black33 games · +9 =14 −10 · 48%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening93%43 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game86%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
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