Edward Lasker's chess openings
138 games
Edward Lasker has 138 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Edward Lasker most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White66 games · +21 =16 −29 · 44%
As Black72 games · +20 =20 −32 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%32 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game90%28 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense41%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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