Herbert Heinicke's chess openings
Peak rating 2375120 games
Herbert Heinicke has 120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herbert Heinicke most often opens with 1.c4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White54 games · +19 =18 −17 · 52%
As Black66 games · +10 =29 −27 · 37%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening43%23 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense49%18 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%15 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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