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Beate Pfau's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 196781 games

Beate Pfau, from Germany, has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Beate Pfau most often opens with 1.c4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.

As White40 games · +14 =6 −20 · 43%
As Black41 games · +10 =13 −18 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.c4 English Opening98%
    39 games · scores 41% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%
    20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense13%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...g6 Modern Defense44%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7
  3. 1...d611%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

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