Thomas Espig's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 223074 games
Thomas Espig, FIDE Master from Germany, has 74 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Espig most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White39 games · +12 =17 −10 · 53%
As Black35 games · +4 =20 −11 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%36 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense14%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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