Mark Van der Werf's chess openings
IM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2378898 games
Mark Van der Werf, International Master from Netherlands, has 898 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Van der Werf most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White427 games · +177 =125 −125 · 56%
As Black471 games · +149 =150 −172 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%203 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%87 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening17%73 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%102 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%46 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense15%35 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%112 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%30 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 d6
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