Roland Bezuidenhout's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2269312 games
Roland Bezuidenhout, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 312 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roland Bezuidenhout most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White159 games · +60 =52 −47 · 54%
As Black153 games · +63 =51 −39 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%90 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening20%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%23 games · scores 39% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%29 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense24%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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