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Heiko Schaefer's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 193586 games

Heiko Schaefer, from Germany, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Heiko Schaefer most often opens with 1.Nf3 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White41 games · +24 =3 −14 · 62%
As Black45 games · +20 =8 −17 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening39%
    16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nbd7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%
    9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%
    9 games · scores 89% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense78%
    18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense9%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game42%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense17%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

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