Philipp Mester's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2251207 games
Philipp Mester, FIDE Master from Germany, has 207 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Philipp Mester most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White108 games · +39 =27 −42 · 49%
As Black99 games · +40 =26 −33 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%59 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game73%40 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense31%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 h6
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