Michiel Besseling's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 213263 games
Michiel Besseling, from Netherlands, has 63 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michiel Besseling most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White34 games · +9 =16 −9 · 50%
As Black29 games · +4 =10 −15 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%34 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense82%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...e5 Open Game9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
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