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Herman Van Halderen's chess openings

🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 200649 games

Herman Van Halderen, from Netherlands, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herman Van Halderen most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White27 games · +9 =3 −15 · 39%
As Black22 games · +6 =4 −12 · 36%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%
    17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening22%
    6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 d5
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%
    11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense8%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bg5 Nf6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6

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