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Niels Van Happen's chess openings

🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 187834 games

Niels Van Happen, from Netherlands, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niels Van Happen most often opens with 1.e4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White15 games · +1 =2 −12 · 13%
As Black19 games · +5 =5 −9 · 39%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening73%
    11 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%
    4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.Nf3 c6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 Qc7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game88%
    7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5

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