Oliver Kurmann's chess openings
IM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 2351854 games
Oliver Kurmann, International Master from Switzerland, has 854 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Oliver Kurmann most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White439 games · +154 =169 −116 · 54%
As Black415 games · +117 =155 −143 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%414 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening2%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%103 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%34 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense16%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%101 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
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