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Mark Van der Hoorn's chess openings

🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 215065 games

Mark Van der Hoorn, from New Zealand, has 65 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Van der Hoorn most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White35 games · +20 =4 −11 · 63%
As Black30 games · +7 =4 −19 · 30%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%
    33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game54%
    7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense46%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game13%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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