Heiko Mertens's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 226864 games
Heiko Mertens, from Germany, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Heiko Mertens most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White37 games · +14 =7 −16 · 47%
As Black27 games · +8 =9 −10 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%28 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 French Defense18%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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