Hess, C1's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2210275 games
Hess, C1, FIDE Master from Germany, has 275 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hess, C1 most often opens with 1.Nf3 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White134 games · +46 =50 −38 · 53%
As Black141 games · +50 =56 −35 · 55%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening59%79 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening29%39 games · scores 51% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense71%52 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense21%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game82%31 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense16%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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