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Kai Uwe Schiffer's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2350128 games

Kai Uwe Schiffer, from Germany, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kai Uwe Schiffer most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White57 games · +15 =15 −27 · 39%
As Black71 games · +21 =30 −20 · 51%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%
    28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%
    18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game33%
    12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%
    11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense22%
    8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game50%
    10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%
    8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+

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