Paul Hoffmann's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2359174 games
Paul Hoffmann, International Master from Germany, has 174 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Hoffmann 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 White85 games · +20 =37 −28 · 45%
As Black89 games · +23 =31 −35 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%78 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%19 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense28%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
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