Horst Watzka's chess openings
FM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2101330 games
Horst Watzka, FIDE Master from Austria, has 330 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Horst Watzka most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White188 games · +51 =110 −27 · 56%
As Black142 games · +26 =90 −26 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%184 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%31 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense5%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%52 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d62%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
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