Olga Birkholz's chess openings
WFM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 1956209 games
Olga Birkholz, Woman FIDE Master from Germany, has 209 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Olga Birkholz most often opens with 1.Nf3 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White105 games · +30 =33 −42 · 44%
As Black104 games · +32 =34 −38 · 47%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%36 games · scores 49% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%32 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%30 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense13%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d617%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.c4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 f5
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