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Gerald Hertneck's chess openings

GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 24041,054 games

Gerald Hertneck, Grandmaster from Germany, has 1,054 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gerald Hertneck most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White529 games · +239 =205 −85 · 65%
As Black525 games · +186 =209 −130 · 55%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%
    394 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening13%
    69 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    30 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense89%
    201 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense2%
    4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%
    143 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game19%
    34 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 c5

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