Olaf Steffens's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2127228 games
Olaf Steffens, FIDE Master from Germany, has 228 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Olaf Steffens most often opens with 1.b4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...b5.
As White119 games · +59 =14 −46 · 55%
As Black109 games · +40 =8 −61 · 40%
As White
- 1.b4 Polish Opening51%61 games · scores 59% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.Nbc3 e6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack8%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense28%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...a622%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Bd3 Bb7
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense16%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...b528%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bxb5 Bxe4
- 1...Nc616%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d5 Nb8
- 1...b6 English Defense13%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6
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