Joost Heltzel's chess openings
CM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 222275 games
Joost Heltzel, Candidate Master from Netherlands, has 75 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joost Heltzel most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +12 =15 −7 · 57%
As Black41 games · +10 =17 −14 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game30%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 Nbd7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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