Patrick Zelbel's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2465855 games
Patrick Zelbel, International Master from Germany, has 855 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Patrick Zelbel most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White444 games · +216 =138 −90 · 64%
As Black411 games · +127 =171 −113 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%413 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%25 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%74 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game39%69 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%25 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%146 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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