Valeer Maes's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2045120 games
Valeer Maes, from Belgium, has 120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valeer Maes most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White50 games · +7 =32 −11 · 46%
As Black70 games · +11 =34 −25 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%46 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense73%24 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense21%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game65%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense23%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense12%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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