Christian Zobel's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2137139 games
Christian Zobel, Candidate Master from Germany, has 139 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Zobel most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White66 games · +28 =14 −24 · 53%
As Black73 games · +16 =19 −38 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%53 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 a5 2.a4 d5 3.Bb2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%15 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game18%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%23 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...b6 English Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
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