Ari Ziegler's chess openings
IM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2279612 games
Ari Ziegler, International Master from Sweden, has 612 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ari Ziegler most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White299 games · +111 =61 −127 · 47%
As Black313 games · +124 =73 −116 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%177 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%115 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%66 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense32%42 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game11%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%77 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%10 games · scores 90% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
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