Rainer ter Stal's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 214338 games
Rainer ter Stal, Candidate Master from Germany, has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rainer ter Stal most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +5 =7 −6 · 47%
As Black20 games · +4 =4 −12 · 30%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense57%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense43%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense40%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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