Michael Stierhof's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 195041 games
Michael Stierhof, from Germany, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Stierhof most often opens with 1.Nf3 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +7 =7 −4 · 58%
As Black23 games · +5 =5 −13 · 33%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening44%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nb6
- 1.c4 English Opening17%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense45%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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