Dirk Van der Meiden's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 199783 games
Dirk Van der Meiden, from Netherlands, has 83 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dirk Van der Meiden most often opens with 1.e4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +18 =8 −16 · 52%
As Black41 games · +14 =6 −21 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening81%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening7%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense35%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense31%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6
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