Heinco Du Plessis's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 201576 games
Heinco Du Plessis, from South Africa, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Heinco Du Plessis most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +14 =10 −16 · 48%
As Black36 games · +10 =6 −20 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c68%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
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