The Baron's chess openings
99 games
The Baron has 99 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, The Baron most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White51 games · +16 =15 −20 · 46%
As Black48 games · +16 =8 −24 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%31 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%20 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game58%18 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game54%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense23%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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