Uwe Kersten's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2187681 games
Uwe Kersten, International Master from Germany, has 681 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Uwe Kersten most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White355 games · +158 =111 −86 · 60%
As Black326 games · +127 =92 −107 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%273 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%74 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening1%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%130 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%93 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d62%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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