Rieks Taal's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 217114 games
Rieks Taal, from Netherlands, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rieks Taal most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White8 games · +3 =3 −2 · 56%
As Black6 games · +0 =2 −4 · 17%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
- 1.c4 English Opening25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
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