Christian Gabriel's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2498503 games
Christian Gabriel, Grandmaster from Germany, has 503 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Gabriel most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White258 games · +96 =122 −40 · 61%
As Black245 games · +73 =125 −47 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%157 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%39 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%35 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game66%89 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%30 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%31 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%28 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 f5 3.c4 Bg7
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