Niklaus Giertz's chess openings
FM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 2139203 games
Niklaus Giertz, FIDE Master from Switzerland, has 203 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niklaus Giertz most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White66 games · +20 =22 −24 · 47%
As Black137 games · +36 =44 −57 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%36 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game78%49 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game78%35 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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