Dick Van der Lijn's chess openings
21 games
Dick Van der Lijn has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dick Van der Lijn most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White10 games · +4 =1 −5 · 45%
As Black11 games · +3 =2 −6 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening30%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.b4 Polish Opening10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
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