Harry Messner's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 206851 games
Harry Messner, from Germany, has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Harry Messner most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White27 games · +12 =10 −5 · 63%
As Black24 games · +10 =5 −9 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%25 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense82%9 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game9%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense50%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...c617%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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