Henk Van der Poel's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2157297 games
Henk Van der Poel, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 297 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Henk Van der Poel most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White161 games · +57 =62 −42 · 55%
As Black136 games · +32 =50 −54 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%161 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%62 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%37 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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