Horst Schmitzer's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 218481 games
Horst Schmitzer, FIDE Master from Germany, has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Horst Schmitzer most often opens with 1.Nf3 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White38 games · +21 =11 −6 · 70%
As Black43 games · +19 =18 −6 · 65%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening79%30 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening13%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense95%20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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