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Lars Lau's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 158921 games

Lars Lau, from Germany, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lars Lau most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White11 games · +6 =3 −2 · 68%
As Black10 games · +1 =5 −4 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.c4 English Opening36%
    4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense20%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game20%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6

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