Heinrich Basson's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 190058 games
Heinrich Basson, from South Africa, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Heinrich Basson most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White30 games · +10 =7 −13 · 45%
As Black28 games · +7 =9 −12 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.b4 Polish Opening7%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense92%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...e6 French Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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