Rainer Polzin's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2378760 games
Rainer Polzin, Grandmaster from Germany, has 760 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rainer Polzin most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White407 games · +172 =135 −100 · 59%
As Black353 games · +98 =133 −122 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%400 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%71 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense37%63 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense10%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%115 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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