Heiner Matthias's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2359123 games
Heiner Matthias, FIDE Master from Germany, has 123 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Heiner Matthias most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White67 games · +22 =24 −21 · 51%
As Black56 games · +17 =20 −19 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%37 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening15%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game11%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d65%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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