Karel Van der Weide's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2421794 games
Karel Van der Weide, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 794 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karel Van der Weide most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White414 games · +197 =142 −75 · 65%
As Black380 games · +129 =145 −106 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%382 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%16 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%190 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense11%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense99%118 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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