Marcel Petersen's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2285579 games
Marcel Petersen, Candidate Master from Germany, has 579 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcel Petersen most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White283 games · +133 =28 −122 · 52%
As Black296 games · +106 =38 −152 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%281 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%48 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense26%33 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense22%28 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%69 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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