Volker Elis's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 219032 games
Volker Elis, from Germany, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Volker Elis most often opens with 1.e4 (100% 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 White15 games · +4 =5 −6 · 43%
As Black17 games · +1 =6 −10 · 24%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense71%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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