Walter Braun's chess openings
FM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 215494 games
Walter Braun, FIDE Master from Austria, has 94 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Walter Braun most often opens with 1.f4 (32% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White44 games · +19 =9 −16 · 53%
As Black50 games · +22 =13 −15 · 57%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening32%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%13 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense25%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game46%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...d615%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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