Merijn Van Delft's chess openings
IM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2330908 games
Merijn Van Delft, International Master from Netherlands, has 908 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Merijn Van Delft most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White459 games · +173 =189 −97 · 58%
As Black449 games · +141 =185 −123 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%425 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%17 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%180 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%33 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%78 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%63 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c61%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
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