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Gottlieb Saal's chess openings

Peak rating 205022 games

Gottlieb Saal has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gottlieb Saal most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White9 games · +6 =2 −1 · 78%
As Black13 games · +4 =2 −7 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%
    6 games · scores 92% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e6 3.e4 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense100%
    9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6

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