Helmut Lange's chess openings
Peak rating 228084 games
Helmut Lange has 84 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helmut Lange most often opens with 1.d4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White34 games · +13 =18 −3 · 65%
As Black50 games · +8 =30 −12 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening91%31 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense91%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
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