Helmut Appel's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 213335 games
Helmut Appel, from Germany, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helmut Appel most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White19 games · +7 =3 −9 · 45%
As Black16 games · +8 =1 −7 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5
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