Rob Van Helvoort's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2107129 games
Rob Van Helvoort, from Netherlands, has 129 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rob Van Helvoort most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White68 games · +16 =30 −22 · 46%
As Black61 games · +13 =21 −27 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%57 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense32%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense23%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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