Richard Bethke's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2324755 games
Richard Bethke, FIDE Master from Germany, has 755 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Bethke 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 White382 games · +150 =37 −195 · 44%
As Black373 games · +139 =37 −197 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%377 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Nf6
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%117 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%84 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense25%32 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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