Ralf Lotz's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 185036 games
Ralf Lotz, from Germany, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Lotz most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White19 games · +4 =7 −8 · 39%
As Black17 games · +1 =4 −12 · 18%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1...e5 Open Game40%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 cxd4 3.cxd4 d5
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