Rick Lahaye's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2392348 games
Rick Lahaye, from Netherlands, has 348 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rick Lahaye most often opens with 1.e4 (28% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White170 games · +82 =42 −46 · 61%
As Black178 games · +70 =47 −61 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%47 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%42 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%36 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%94 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game70%35 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e5
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