Egon Brestian's chess openings
IM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2367263 games
Egon Brestian, International Master from Austria, has 263 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Egon Brestian most often opens with 1.c4 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White124 games · +45 =61 −18 · 61%
As Black139 games · +31 =73 −35 · 49%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening37%46 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%27 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%41 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense36%26 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game39%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense39%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense22%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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