Lothar Zilch's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 186545 games
Lothar Zilch, from Germany, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lothar Zilch most often opens with 1.c4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White21 games · +7 =5 −9 · 45%
As Black24 games · +9 =1 −14 · 40%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening100%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...a67%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
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