Frank Holzke's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2410626 games
Frank Holzke, Grandmaster from Germany, has 626 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Frank Holzke most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White339 games · +146 =136 −57 · 63%
As Black287 games · +76 =126 −85 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%292 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%34 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%77 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game34%50 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%60 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7
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