Helmut Escher's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 210533 games
Helmut Escher, from Germany, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helmut Escher most often opens with 1.Nf3 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White12 games · +2 =8 −2 · 50%
As Black21 games · +8 =7 −6 · 55%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening42%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense30%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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