Henrik Petersen's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 227875 games
Henrik Petersen, FIDE Master from Germany, has 75 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Henrik Petersen most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +19 =8 −13 · 57%
As Black35 games · +19 =5 −11 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense11%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense21%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 h6
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