Hagen Poetsch's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2437884 games
Hagen Poetsch, Grandmaster from Germany, has 884 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hagen Poetsch 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 White441 games · +227 =160 −54 · 70%
As Black443 games · +177 =178 −88 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%401 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%20 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%15 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%83 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense43%83 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense7%13 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%128 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%20 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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