Jan Helmer's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2276342 games
Jan Helmer, Candidate Master from Germany, has 342 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Helmer most often opens with 1.Nf3 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White172 games · +78 =25 −69 · 53%
As Black170 games · +62 =26 −82 · 44%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening61%104 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%65 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%72 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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