Siem Van Dael's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 23411,057 games
Siem Van Dael, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 1,057 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Siem Van Dael most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White535 games · +240 =92 −203 · 53%
As Black522 games · +174 =92 −256 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%461 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening4%23 games · scores 20% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Ne4 e6 3.f4 d5
- 1.h42%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.h4 d5 2.b3 e5 3.Bb2 Bd6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%128 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%70 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%152 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%27 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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