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Ursus Van Bemmelen's chess openings

FMCURFIDE 204936 games

Ursus Van Bemmelen, FIDE Master, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ursus Van Bemmelen most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White17 games · +9 =1 −7 · 56%
As Black19 games · +3 =9 −7 · 39%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%
    13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening12%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%
    13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense7%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bg5 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game50%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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