Rogier Van Arkel's chess openings
CM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 226786 games
Rogier Van Arkel, Candidate Master from Netherlands, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rogier Van Arkel most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White46 games · +15 =15 −16 · 49%
As Black40 games · +13 =7 −20 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%42 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening7%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 g6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense45%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6
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