Ralf Laven's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 230063 games
Ralf Laven, from Germany, has 63 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Laven most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White37 games · +16 =13 −8 · 61%
As Black26 games · +9 =9 −8 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%25 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 d4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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