Michael Strache's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 219992 games
Michael Strache, FIDE Master from Germany, has 92 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Strache most often opens with 1.e4 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White46 games · +17 =12 −17 · 50%
As Black46 games · +23 =11 −12 · 62%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening35%16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense52%11 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game24%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense14%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense56%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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