Sebastian Kesten's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 230324 games
Sebastian Kesten, FIDE Master from Germany, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sebastian Kesten most often opens with 1.e4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White12 games · +2 =5 −5 · 38%
As Black12 games · +4 =1 −7 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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