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Karl Josef Schiffer's chess openings

🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 235078 games

Karl Josef Schiffer, from Germany, has 78 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Josef Schiffer most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White38 games · +13 =17 −8 · 57%
As Black40 games · +11 =15 −14 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%
    29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening18%
    7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxc4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%
    15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d6
  2. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense35%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%
    8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game11%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Qb3 e5

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