Rik Van Rootselaar's chess openings
Peak rating 210511 games
Rik Van Rootselaar has 11 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rik Van Rootselaar most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White5 games · +2 =2 −1 · 60%
As Black6 games · +2 =1 −3 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
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