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Lothar Finzer's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 187931 games

Lothar Finzer, from Germany, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lothar Finzer most often opens with 1.d4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White16 games · +8 =3 −5 · 59%
As Black15 games · +5 =4 −6 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%
    15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense90%
    9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  2. 1...e5 Open Game10%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game50%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 c5
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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