Helmut Soelch's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 221136 games
Helmut Soelch, from Germany, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helmut Soelch most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White17 games · +8 =6 −3 · 65%
As Black19 games · +7 =8 −4 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1.c4 English Opening35%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game73%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense9%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense29%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 Nf6
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