Melvin Holwijn's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 188645 games
Melvin Holwijn, from Netherlands, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Melvin Holwijn most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +11 =2 −7 · 60%
As Black25 games · +4 =2 −19 · 20%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%17 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening10%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e6 French Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
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