Steve Vael's chess openings
🇱🇺 LuxembourgFIDE 178926 games
Steve Vael, from Luxembourg, has 26 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Steve Vael most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +3 =3 −8 · 32%
As Black12 games · +3 =1 −8 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Bf4 a6
- 1...c633%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 g6
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