Bottema, M's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 207664 games
Bottema, M, from Netherlands, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bottema, M 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...Nf6.
As White32 games · +6 =14 −12 · 41%
As Black32 games · +7 =16 −9 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening22%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game86%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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