Thomas Pfaffel's chess openings
🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2045158 games
Thomas Pfaffel, from Austria, has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Pfaffel most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White83 games · +27 =23 −33 · 46%
As Black75 games · +14 =24 −37 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%76 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%27 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense18%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%23 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 Nd7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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