Herbert Kruse's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 211366 games
Herbert Kruse, from Germany, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herbert Kruse most often opens with 1.e4 (63% 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 White32 games · +9 =14 −9 · 50%
As Black34 games · +11 =16 −7 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense53%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense11%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.f3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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