Steffen Birk's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2164111 games
Steffen Birk, FIDE Master from Germany, has 111 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Steffen Birk most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White55 games · +28 =13 −14 · 63%
As Black56 games · +15 =21 −20 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%55 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense63%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense23%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game92%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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