Niels Van Dam's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 208133 games
Niels Van Dam, from Netherlands, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niels Van Dam most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White17 games · +6 =2 −9 · 41%
As Black16 games · +5 =6 −5 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense75%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Qa5 3.Nf3 b5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7
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