Christian Maier's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2229799 games
Christian Maier, International Master from Germany, has 799 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Maier most often opens with 1.e4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White399 games · +158 =123 −118 · 55%
As Black400 games · +135 =121 −144 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening73%291 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%55 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening7%29 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense68%123 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%49 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%111 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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