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Holger Nothnagel's chess openings

FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2271105 games

Holger Nothnagel, FIDE Master from Germany, has 105 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Holger Nothnagel most often opens with 1.e4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White51 games · +18 =17 −16 · 52%
As Black54 games · +18 =21 −15 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening45%
    23 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
  2. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack29%
    15 games · scores 30% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 Nf6
  3. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening24%
    12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense76%
    22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense24%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%
    13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense18%
    3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6

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