Kessler, L's chess openings
IM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2430334 games
Kessler, L, International Master from Austria, has 334 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kessler, L most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White165 games · +53 =65 −47 · 52%
As Black169 games · +49 =67 −53 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%81 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%38 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%21 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense23%17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%26 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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