Oliver Kniest's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2128248 games
Oliver Kniest, FIDE Master from Germany, has 248 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Oliver Kniest most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White121 games · +47 =32 −42 · 52%
As Black127 games · +54 =39 −34 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%93 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening19%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense38%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense19%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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