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Micha1 Hoffmann's chess openings

GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2424426 games

Micha1 Hoffmann, Grandmaster from Germany, has 426 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Micha1 Hoffmann most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White208 games · +83 =108 −17 · 66%
As Black218 games · +69 =111 −38 · 57%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%
    122 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%
    45 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening13%
    26 games · scores 77% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%
    98 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense2%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%
    53 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game19%
    13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6

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