Rainer Birkenmaier's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 204371 games
Rainer Birkenmaier, from Germany, has 71 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rainer Birkenmaier most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +11 =15 −5 · 60%
As Black40 games · +10 =21 −9 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense64%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense21%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
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