Mark Van Essen's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsPeak rating 182524 games
Mark Van Essen, from Netherlands, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Van Essen most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White10 games · +3 =4 −3 · 50%
As Black14 games · +5 =6 −3 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening30%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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