Helmut Schumacher's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyPeak rating 230062 games
Helmut Schumacher, from Germany, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helmut Schumacher most often opens with 1.d4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White22 games · +7 =8 −7 · 50%
As Black40 games · +13 =14 −13 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening91%20 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense56%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game70%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense30%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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