Jan Balje's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2126196 games
Jan Balje, from Netherlands, has 196 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Balje most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White97 games · +41 =30 −26 · 58%
As Black99 games · +23 =40 −36 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%82 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%28 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense42%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game10%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game68%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense32%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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