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Herbert Pfeiffer's chess openings

FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 227540 games

Herbert Pfeiffer, FIDE Master from Germany, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herbert Pfeiffer most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White23 games · +12 =5 −6 · 63%
As Black17 games · +5 =2 −10 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%
    18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
  2. 1.f4 Bird's Opening17%
    4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Nc6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%
    4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense38%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
  3. 1...e5 Open Game13%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense20%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6

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