Dir Zimmermann's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 192848 games
Dir Zimmermann, from Germany, has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dir Zimmermann most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White24 games · +7 =8 −9 · 46%
As Black24 games · +4 =12 −8 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening45%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense42%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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