Willem Francois Cloete's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 171729 games
Willem Francois Cloete, from South Africa, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Willem Francois Cloete most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White13 games · +3 =3 −7 · 35%
As Black16 games · +7 =0 −9 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 f6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 c6 2.Nbc3 g6 3.d3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.e3
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