Matthias Birke's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 228064 games
Matthias Birke, from Germany, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Birke most often opens with 1.c4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White32 games · +16 =8 −8 · 63%
As Black32 games · +8 =11 −13 · 42%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening88%28 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6
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