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John Heinrich's chess openings

FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2425302 games

John Heinrich, FIDE Master from Germany, has 302 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Heinrich 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 White152 games · +61 =54 −37 · 58%
As Black150 games · +46 =46 −58 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening42%
    64 games · scores 48% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%
    34 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening21%
    32 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%
    67 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game6%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    44 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game12%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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