Sipke Ernst's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 25471,901 games
Sipke Ernst, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 1,901 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sipke Ernst most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White910 games · +468 =267 −175 · 66%
As Black991 games · +390 =353 −248 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%626 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%175 games · scores 73% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%44 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%402 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%48 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%26 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game45%135 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%131 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%12 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6
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