Birger Wenzel's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2077217 games
Birger Wenzel, Candidate Master from Germany, has 217 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Birger Wenzel most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White104 games · +29 =25 −50 · 40%
As Black113 games · +14 =34 −65 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%50 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%19 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%8 games · scores 6% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%27 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d65%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 d5
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