Knechtel, R's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 214899 games
Knechtel, R, FIDE Master from Germany, has 99 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Knechtel, R most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White46 games · +14 =18 −14 · 50%
As Black53 games · +15 =11 −27 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%33 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening16%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 g5 3.h3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense64%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense25%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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