Jan Van de Mortel's chess openings
IM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2416171 games
Jan Van de Mortel, International Master from Netherlands, has 171 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Van de Mortel most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White54 games · +16 =22 −16 · 50%
As Black117 games · +41 =40 −36 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%35 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%14 games · scores 79% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%64 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...a56%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 a5 2.d4 a4 3.c4 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%33 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...a53%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 a5 2.e4 a4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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