Herbert Bastian's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2205421 games
Herbert Bastian, International Master from Germany, has 421 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herbert Bastian 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 White233 games · +85 =61 −87 · 50%
As Black188 games · +76 =48 −64 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%230 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%41 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...e5 Open Game38%36 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%53 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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