Joost Berkvens's chess openings
IM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2409232 games
Joost Berkvens, International Master from Netherlands, has 232 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joost Berkvens most often opens with 1.e4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White119 games · +53 =33 −33 · 58%
As Black113 games · +49 =20 −44 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening58%69 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%5 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%61 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%19 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense19%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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