Taco Van de Poel's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 190958 games
Taco Van de Poel, from Netherlands, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Taco Van de Poel most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +4 =8 −19 · 26%
As Black27 games · +3 =3 −21 · 17%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%28 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening10%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%7 games · scores 7% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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