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Josef Kainz's chess openings

🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 1934174 games

Josef Kainz, from Austria, has 174 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Josef Kainz most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White77 games · +22 =12 −43 · 36%
As Black97 games · +21 =21 −55 · 32%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%
    75 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    48 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%
    19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense23%
    6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5

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