Karlheinz Esswein's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 202266 games
Karlheinz Esswein, from Germany, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karlheinz Esswein most often opens with 1.e4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +9 =12 −13 · 44%
As Black32 games · +7 =5 −20 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening71%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d618%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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