Niklas Moerke's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 187841 games
Niklas Moerke, from Germany, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niklas Moerke most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White20 games · +9 =1 −10 · 48%
As Black21 games · +4 =4 −13 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c6 3.b3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game56%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense44%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game71%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bxf6 exf6
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