Dirk Sebastian's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2423290 games
Dirk Sebastian, International Master from Germany, has 290 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dirk Sebastian most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White159 games · +77 =44 −38 · 62%
As Black131 games · +48 =46 −37 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%149 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%39 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense29%20 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense41%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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