Lars Balzer's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2008107 games
Lars Balzer, from Germany, has 107 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lars Balzer most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White59 games · +18 =23 −18 · 50%
As Black48 games · +4 =19 −25 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%53 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening5%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense50%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense76%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
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