Hannes Rau's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2396258 games
Hannes Rau, International Master from Germany, has 258 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hannes Rau most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White121 games · +64 =36 −21 · 68%
As Black137 games · +50 =45 −42 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%107 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening11%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%69 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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