Rainer Knaak's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 23891,321 games
Rainer Knaak, Grandmaster from Germany, has 1,321 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rainer Knaak most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White703 games · +370 =200 −133 · 67%
As Black618 games · +224 =212 −182 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%678 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense57%171 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense21%62 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%30 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%109 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%40 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%29 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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