Christoph Natsidis's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2347237 games
Christoph Natsidis, FIDE Master from Germany, has 237 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christoph Natsidis most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White110 games · +28 =49 −33 · 48%
As Black127 games · +20 =66 −41 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%94 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%39 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%32 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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