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Roland Knechtel's chess openings

FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 214870 games

Roland Knechtel, FIDE Master from Germany, has 70 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roland Knechtel most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White38 games · +19 =6 −13 · 58%
As Black32 games · +11 =9 −12 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%
    37 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game57%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense14%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

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