Carsten Lingnau's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2416239 games
Carsten Lingnau, International Master from Germany, has 239 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carsten Lingnau most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White97 games · +40 =34 −23 · 59%
As Black142 games · +43 =43 −56 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%61 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening32%31 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%42 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game11%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%46 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6
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