Klaus Schmitzer's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2243303 games
Klaus Schmitzer, FIDE Master from Germany, has 303 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Klaus Schmitzer most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White173 games · +81 =36 −56 · 57%
As Black130 games · +53 =35 −42 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%119 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%53 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense80%61 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense61%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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