Helmut Meckel's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 181830 games
Helmut Meckel, from Germany, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helmut Meckel most often opens with 1.b4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White11 games · +5 =2 −4 · 55%
As Black19 games · +5 =1 −13 · 29%
As White
- 1.b4 Polish Opening82%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.b5 Nd4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening9%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense67%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
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