Volker Schmidt's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 190944 games
Volker Schmidt, from Germany, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Volker Schmidt most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White21 games · +8 =9 −4 · 60%
As Black23 games · +4 =13 −6 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
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