Christian Bauer's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 25562,452 games
Christian Bauer, Grandmaster from France, has 2,452 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Bauer most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,251 games · +665 =416 −170 · 70%
As Black1,201 games · +491 =434 −276 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%563 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%267 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%111 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense22%125 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%109 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense17%99 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%168 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%61 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%43 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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