Gorik Cools's chess openings
FM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2198229 games
Gorik Cools, FIDE Master from Belgium, has 229 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gorik Cools most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White118 games · +61 =23 −34 · 61%
As Black111 games · +42 =23 −46 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%109 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 c5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%45 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%27 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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