Lutz Espig's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2256888 games
Lutz Espig, Grandmaster from Germany, has 888 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lutz Espig most often opens with 1.Nf3 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White427 games · +171 =188 −68 · 62%
As Black461 games · +117 =200 −144 · 47%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening70%298 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%96 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%192 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense4%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%119 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%45 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...d66%12 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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