Marcel Harff's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2336259 games
Marcel Harff, International Master from Germany, has 259 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcel Harff most often opens with 1.c4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White126 games · +50 =51 −25 · 60%
As Black133 games · +37 =55 −41 · 48%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening87%109 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense89%62 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense24%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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