Pieter Claesen's chess openings
IM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2278439 games
Pieter Claesen, International Master from Belgium, has 439 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pieter Claesen most often opens with 1.c4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White216 games · +71 =97 −48 · 55%
As Black223 games · +53 =109 −61 · 48%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening70%150 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%38 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense91%106 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%39 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%34 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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