GERMANY

Germany has the worst Solo results of all the 7 powers. Only Austria gets more often eliminated. Germany is sixth overall. The strong power in the middle? Wait and see in the beginning and then start your growth? Perhaps in theory, but not in real games. What are the most popular German openings and what are their results?

 

 

Blitzkrieg Danishvariant

Anschluss Burgundy Push

Blitzkrieg Dutchvariant

Other Openings

Total

Win

1

2 %

1

4 %

1

7 %

1

4 %

4

3 %

Draw

15

31 %

10

36 %

4

27 %

7

26 %

36

31 %

Survival

17

35 %

7

25 %

5

33 %

7

26 %

36

31 %

Elimination

15

31 %

10

36 %

5

33 %

12

44 %

42

36 %

Total

48

100 %

28

100 %

15

100 %

27

100 %

118

100 %

 

No changes in the German top three, only Blitz/Dan raising its lead compared with the 2003 results. All three openings are doing slightly better on Positive Results (Win, Draw, Survival) than German average. That’s a change with 2003 when Blitz/Dutch variant was an underperformer.

 

 

2003

2005

Positive Result

Popularity

Positive Result

Popularity

Blitz/Danish

65 %

33 %

68 %

41 %

Ansch/BurPush

60 %

22 %

65 %

24 %

Blitz/Dutch

48 %

15 %

67 %

13 %

German Average

56 %

 

64 %

 

Total Average

58 %

 

65 %

 

 

With all three most popular German openings doing (slightly) better than the German average, it is still interesting to look for the German opening that is doing a lot better than German average.

 

Bubbling Under

2003

2005

Positive Result

Popularity

Positive Result

Popularity

Bismarck/Danish

0 %

1 %

100 %

3 %

Burgundy

50 %

2 %

67 %

5 %

German Average

56 %

 

64 %

 

 

The Burgundy opening was responsible for one of the four German Solos so far.

 

Germany Solo

Name Game

Eagle Points

Name Player

Ger opening

Aus opening

Fra opening

Rus opening

Builds 1901

Leader A03

Deimos

10.75

Lee Simpson

Burgundy

BG/Bud

EngDef/Gas

Kalbitzer Split

3

6-Aus/Ger

How long tear

7.83

Michel Vogelpoel

AnBurP

BG/Bud

BelGambit

Warsys/Rum

2

6-Fra/Rus

Solstice

10.91

Ken Marten

Blitz/Hol

SouthHedge

Picardy

SouthDef

2

6-AEG

Siamese Fight Fish

7.25

Pieter de Wilde

Blitz/Den

HunHouseb

Burgundy

Lapland Lurch

2

8-Ger/Rus

 

Germany never had Sweden at the end of 1901 (1 X bounce, 3 x Rus). Germany always had Hol at the end of 1901 ( 2 x Army, 2 x Fleet). ENG was never French occupied ( 3x Eng, 1 x DMZ). Belgium was never French at the end of 1901 (2 x German, 1 x DMZ, 1 x English). Burgundy was never German at the end of 1901 (1 x France, 3 x DMZ).

 

 

AUSTRIA                            ENGLAND                         FRANCE                           GERMANY

 

ITALY                               RUSSIA                            TURKEY

 

HOT SPOTS                        HOME

DIPLOMACY2000 HOME

 

You can mail all your ideas, comments, suggestions, questions, opinions to Cies de Theije at cies@planet.nl

This page was last updated March 29, 2005