Ralf Schoen's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 200795 games
Ralf Schoen, Candidate Master from Germany, has 95 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Schoen most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White44 games · +8 =21 −15 · 42%
As Black51 games · +18 =19 −14 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening18%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...e5 Open Game18%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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