Erik Van der Raaf's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 210942 games
Erik Van der Raaf, from Netherlands, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erik Van der Raaf most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White22 games · +7 =4 −11 · 41%
As Black20 games · +5 =5 −10 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense70%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6
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