Dick Van Dooren's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2320126 games
Dick Van Dooren, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 126 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dick Van Dooren most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White67 games · +33 =17 −17 · 62%
As Black59 games · +22 =16 −21 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%46 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening31%21 games · scores 74% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game56%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense22%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense59%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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