Walter Kastner's chess openings
FM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2190120 games
Walter Kastner, FIDE Master from Austria, has 120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Walter Kastner most often opens with 1.Nf3 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White51 games · +19 =18 −14 · 55%
As Black69 games · +16 =28 −25 · 43%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening53%27 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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