Matt D Helfst's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1972122 games
Matt D Helfst, from United States, has 122 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matt D Helfst most often opens with 1.Nf3 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White58 games · +19 =6 −33 · 38%
As Black64 games · +15 =12 −37 · 33%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening50%29 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening28%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense59%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%23 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense12%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7
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