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Lucas Van der Linden's chess openings

FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 235260 games

Lucas Van der Linden, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lucas Van der Linden most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White26 games · +12 =6 −8 · 58%
As Black34 games · +10 =12 −12 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%
    20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%
    6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%
    12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
  3. 1...e5 Open Game11%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%
    8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game43%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6

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