Niklas van der Valk's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 206577 games
Niklas van der Valk, from Germany, has 77 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niklas van der Valk most often opens with 1.c4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +12 =17 −11 · 51%
As Black37 games · +11 =10 −16 · 43%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening51%20 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 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...Nf6 Indian Defense100%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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