Mark Helbig's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2232197 games
Mark Helbig, FIDE Master from Germany, has 197 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Helbig most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White96 games · +50 =24 −22 · 65%
As Black101 games · +49 =34 −18 · 65%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%52 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening18%17 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense53%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense22%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%28 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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