Max Scherer's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2124143 games
Max Scherer, from Germany, has 143 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Max Scherer most often opens with 1.c4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White99 games · +42 =23 −34 · 54%
As Black44 games · +22 =5 −17 · 56%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening80%79 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.g3 Ngf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense82%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...e5 Open Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense38%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...b6 English Defense31%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
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