Arik Braun's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2587942 games
Arik Braun, Grandmaster from Germany, has 942 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Arik Braun most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White465 games · +252 =135 −78 · 69%
As Black477 games · +195 =151 −131 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%372 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%49 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%36 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%110 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%52 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%39 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%97 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game30%44 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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