Herwig Pilaj's chess openings
IM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2318450 games
Herwig Pilaj, International Master from Austria, has 450 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herwig Pilaj most often opens with 1.e4 (32% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White224 games · +70 =96 −58 · 53%
As Black226 games · +57 =94 −75 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%72 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%57 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%57 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%98 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%39 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%23 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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