Michael Hammes's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2291430 games
Michael Hammes, International Master from Germany, has 430 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Hammes most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White223 games · +81 =88 −54 · 56%
As Black207 games · +66 =77 −64 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%213 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense96%107 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense64%41 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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