Marnix Van der Zalm's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 206364 games
Marnix Van der Zalm, from Netherlands, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marnix Van der Zalm most often opens with 1.d4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White35 games · +13 =7 −15 · 47%
As Black29 games · +9 =6 −14 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening89%31 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening9%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.d3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense88%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d683%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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