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Carel Benjamin Van den Berg's chess openings

🇳🇱 NetherlandsPeak rating 2450173 games

Carel Benjamin Van den Berg, from Netherlands, has 173 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carel Benjamin Van den Berg most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White93 games · +17 =45 −31 · 42%
As Black80 games · +13 =34 −33 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%
    53 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%
    36 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening2%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%
    21 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game19%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%
    25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game19%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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