Matthew Helsby's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 177995 games
Matthew Helsby, from England, has 95 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Helsby most often opens with 1.d4 (52% 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 White50 games · +25 =6 −19 · 56%
As Black45 games · +16 =6 −23 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%20 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 b5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game28%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6
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