Benedict Krause's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2420410 games
Benedict Krause, International Master from Germany, has 410 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benedict Krause most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White206 games · +83 =81 −42 · 60%
As Black204 games · +73 =80 −51 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%200 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 b6 2.e3 e6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%59 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%36 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%56 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e4 Bg4
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