Charles De Villiers's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 1989161 games
Charles De Villiers, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 161 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Charles De Villiers most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White86 games · +37 =18 −31 · 53%
As Black75 games · +24 =21 −30 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%61 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening12%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%32 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense7%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d640%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5
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