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Karl Schmiel's chess openings

Peak rating 17958 games

Karl Schmiel has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Schmiel most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White3 games · +0 =1 −2 · 17%
As Black5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense75%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5

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