Svend Hamann's chess openings
Peak rating 2490444 games
Svend Hamann has 444 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Svend Hamann most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White221 games · +89 =80 −52 · 58%
As Black223 games · +43 =110 −70 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%125 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%67 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%27 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%100 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game4%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense4%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.c3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%53 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
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