Van den Heever, D's chess openings
IM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2169207 games
Van den Heever, D, International Master from South Africa, has 207 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Van den Heever, D most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White107 games · +48 =30 −29 · 59%
As Black100 games · +35 =33 −32 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%105 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%43 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game79%23 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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