Merlijn Silvester Donk's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 229845 games
Merlijn Silvester Donk, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Merlijn Silvester Donk most often opens with 1.d4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White22 games · +6 =6 −10 · 41%
As Black23 games · +7 =4 −12 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening82%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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