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Thomas Thiel's chess openings

FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 22031,196 games

Thomas Thiel, FIDE Master from Germany, has 1,196 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Thiel most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White591 games · +200 =93 −298 · 42%
As Black605 games · +156 =91 −358 · 33%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%
    569 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%
    13 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
  3. 1.c4 English Opening0%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense78%
    209 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%
    33 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense4%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%
    164 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game28%
    63 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense0%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5

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