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Erik El-Issa's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 153018 games

Erik El-Issa, from Germany, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erik El-Issa most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White9 games · +4 =1 −4 · 50%
As Black9 games · +2 =3 −4 · 39%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game80%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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