Johan Hellsten's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2550485 games
Johan Hellsten, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 485 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Johan Hellsten most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White232 games · +115 =78 −39 · 66%
As Black253 games · +96 =94 −63 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%179 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%51 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%86 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%58 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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