Josef Franzen's chess openings
IM🇸🇰 SlovakiaFIDE 2210420 games
Josef Franzen, International Master from Slovakia, has 420 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Josef Franzen most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White228 games · +81 =100 −47 · 57%
As Black192 games · +48 =78 −66 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%215 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening1%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game82%87 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%54 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Bf5
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