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Jan Michael Sprenger's chess openings

GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2468535 games

Jan Michael Sprenger, Grandmaster from Germany, has 535 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Michael Sprenger most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White280 games · +112 =111 −57 · 60%
As Black255 games · +61 =127 −67 · 49%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%
    260 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1.c4 English Opening2%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%
    110 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense3%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
  3. 1...e5 Open Game2%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%
    43 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game45%
    37 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7

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