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Matthias Blübaum — Openings

Matthias Blübaum's most-played openings, with game counts.

Matthias Blübaum's favorite openings

Matthias Blübaum's most played openings in the Rama Chess archive: with White the Nimzo-Indian Defense (36 games), Queen's Pawn Game (33 games), Queen's Gambit Declined (29 games); with Black the French Defense (53 games), Queen's Gambit Declined (22 games), King's Indian Attack (13 games). Best score in an opening played at least 5 times: 58.3% in the Semi-Slav Defense.

Opening familyGamesAs WhiteAs BlackScore
French Defense5305332.1%
Queen's Gambit Declined51292231.4%
Queen's Pawn Game43331037.2%
Nimzo-Indian Defense4136536.6%
English Opening1431135.7%
Slav Defense149542.9%
King's Indian Attack1301323.1%
Grunfeld Defense1211129.2%
King's Indian Defense1111036.4%
Queen's Pawn Game (Colle System)98155.6%
Dutch Defense88018.8%
Reti Opening8170%
Caro-Kann Defense70721.4%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack71657.1%
Semi-Slav Defense65158.3%
Uncommon Opening50530%
Old Indian Defense44025%
Queen's Gambit Accepted44025%
Catalan Opening32150%
Petrov's Defense30333.3%

Families from the ECO codes of 327 games (2026-10-31). Score = wins plus half the draws. The full list by ECO code is below.

All openings by ECO code

French: Classical (C11)27Nimzo-Indian: Reshevsky (E46)26QGD: Exchange (D35)17Queen's Pawn Game (A40)13QGD (D31)13King's Indian Attack (A07)12English Opening (A13)11Queen's Pawn Game (D02)11QGD (D30)9Grünfeld: Modern Exchange (D85)8Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A01)7French: Advance (C02)7French: Tarrasch (C07)7King's Indian: Classical (E92)7Reti Opening (A06)6Queen's Pawn Game (A46)6Dutch Defense (A80)6Polish (Sokolsky) Opening (A00)5Caro-Kann Defense (B10)5French Defense (C00)5French: Exchange (C01)5Queen's Pawn Game (D04)5Queen's Pawn (A41)4Queen's Pawn Game (A50)4Old Indian (A53)4Colle System (D05)4Slav Defense (D10)4Slav Defense (D15)4QGD: Ragozin (D38)4Petrov's Defense (C42)3Queen's Pawn Game (D00)3Slav: Quiet Variation (D11)3Slav: Exchange (D12)3QGA (D20)3QGD: Semi-Tarrasch (D41)3Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (E51)3Queen's Pawn Game (A45)2Dutch Defense (A84)2Caro-Kann: Advance (B12)2Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin (D07)2QGD (D37)2QGD: Semi-Slav (D43)2QGD: Semi-Slav (D45)2QGD: Semi-Slav, Meran (D47)2Catalan: Open (E04)2Nimzo-Indian (E20)2Nimzo-Indian Defense (E41)2Nimzo-Indian Defense (E47)2King's Indian: Classical (E94)2Bird's Opening (A03)1Reti Opening (A04)1Reti Opening (A05)1King's Indian Attack (A08)1English Opening (A15)1English Opening (A20)1English: Symmetrical (A34)1Modern Defense (A42)1Budapest Gambit (A52)1Benoni Defense (A56)1French: Tarrasch (C03)1French Defense (C14)1Vienna Game (C28)1Ruy Lopez (C77)1QGA: Classical (D27)1QGD: Tarrasch (D32)1QGD: Exchange (D36)1QGD: Ragozin, Vienna (D39)1QGD (D53)1Grunfeld Defense (D77)1Grünfeld Defense (D80)1Grünfeld Defense (D90)1Grünfeld Defense (D94)1Catalan: Closed (E06)1Queen's Pawn Game (E10)1Bogo-Indian (E11)1Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch (E24)1Nimzo-Indian Defense (E40)1Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (E42)1Nimzo-Indian: Fischer (E43)1Nimzo-Indian Defense (E53)1Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (E55)1King's Indian: Makogonov (E71)1King's Indian (E90)1

FAQ

What are Matthias Blübaum's favorite openings?

Matthias Blübaum's most played openings in the Rama Chess archive: with White the Nimzo-Indian Defense (36 games), Queen's Pawn Game (33 games), Queen's Gambit Declined (29 games); with Black the French Defense (53 games), Queen's Gambit Declined (22 games), King's Indian Attack (13 games). Best score in an opening played at least 5 times: 58.3% in the Semi-Slav Defense.

What does Matthias Blübaum play with Black?

With Black the most played opening families are: French Defense (53), Queen's Gambit Declined (22), King's Indian Attack (13), English Opening (11).

How many different openings does Matthias Blübaum play here?

83 ECO codes in 30 opening families, in 327 games with a known ECO code.