Natalia Straub's chess openings
WGM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 212397 games
Natalia Straub, Woman Grandmaster from Germany, has 97 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Natalia Straub most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +14 =14 −14 · 50%
As Black55 games · +11 =24 −20 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%37 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.d3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense65%20 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense35%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 d4
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