Michael Zell's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 230020 games
Michael Zell, from Germany, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Zell most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White10 games · +5 =3 −2 · 65%
As Black10 games · +3 =4 −3 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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