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Friedhelm Schaefer's chess openings

Peak rating 154528 games

Friedhelm Schaefer has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Friedhelm Schaefer most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White13 games · +4 =7 −2 · 58%
As Black15 games · +4 =6 −5 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening15%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 1.b4 Polish Opening15%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense25%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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