Emanuel Lasker's chess openings
893 games
Emanuel Lasker has 893 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Emanuel Lasker most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White523 games · +287 =126 −110 · 67%
As Black370 games · +200 =100 −70 · 68%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%413 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%93 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game81%181 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%25 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game82%97 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
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