Alexander Riess's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2302113 games
Alexander Riess, FIDE Master from Germany, has 113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Riess most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White55 games · +24 =21 −10 · 63%
As Black58 games · +14 =20 −24 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%55 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense45%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game36%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
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