Ralf Henkel's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 194988 games
Ralf Henkel, from Germany, has 88 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Henkel most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White48 games · +20 =21 −7 · 64%
As Black40 games · +12 =14 −14 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%38 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense25%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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