Paul Van der Sterren's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 24621,147 games
Paul Van der Sterren, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 1,147 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Van der Sterren most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White584 games · +230 =217 −137 · 58%
As Black563 games · +151 =214 −198 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%371 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%112 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%73 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%165 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%33 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%125 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%63 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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