Etienne Goossens's chess openings
FM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2221205 games
Etienne Goossens, FIDE Master from Belgium, has 205 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Etienne Goossens most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White101 games · +38 =37 −26 · 56%
As Black104 games · +22 =40 −42 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%61 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%27 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%27 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%26 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense26%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
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