Erik Foerster's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 220278 games
Erik Foerster, Candidate Master from Germany, has 78 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erik Foerster most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White44 games · +15 =11 −18 · 47%
As Black34 games · +8 =11 −15 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%34 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense81%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game19%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game71%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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