Tim Sauer's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2238575 games
Tim Sauer, Candidate Master from Germany, has 575 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tim Sauer most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White282 games · +112 =31 −139 · 45%
As Black293 games · +125 =34 −134 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%124 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%71 games · scores 52% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening20%57 games · scores 31% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%139 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%14 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game85%72 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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