Volker Jacob's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2132113 games
Volker Jacob, from Germany, has 113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Volker Jacob most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White60 games · +26 =12 −22 · 53%
As Black53 games · +15 =13 −25 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%25 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game32%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense16%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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