Michael Schaefer's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 1968150 games
Michael Schaefer, from Germany, has 150 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Schaefer most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White64 games · +21 =19 −24 · 48%
As Black86 games · +20 =32 −34 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%35 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening20%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%40 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%16 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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