Tom Bottema's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 218286 games
Tom Bottema, from Netherlands, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tom Bottema most often opens with 1.e4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White38 games · +10 =11 −17 · 41%
As Black48 games · +8 =12 −28 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening53%20 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nc3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense32%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense21%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%12 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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