Machteld Van Foreest's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2316728 games
Machteld Van Foreest, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 728 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Machteld Van Foreest most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White364 games · +152 =86 −126 · 54%
As Black364 games · +136 =74 −154 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%350 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%104 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%47 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense9%16 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%64 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%37 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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