Olaf Thal's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 227393 games
Olaf Thal, FIDE Master from Germany, has 93 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Olaf Thal most often opens with 1.d4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +10 =13 −11 · 49%
As Black59 games · +19 =21 −19 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening24%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense31%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense28%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense17%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d611%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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