Raymond Van Haelst's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 196921 games
Raymond Van Haelst, from Belgium, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raymond Van Haelst most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White10 games · +4 =4 −2 · 60%
As Black11 games · +4 =3 −4 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game50%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5
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