Markus Held's chess openings
Peak rating 2330135 games
Markus Held has 135 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Markus Held most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White71 games · +19 =26 −26 · 45%
As Black64 games · +13 =14 −37 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%65 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%19 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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